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Copyright MCMI, by 
The Long Island Railroad Co. 



Atneiican Bank Ncte Co. N. Y 




LONG 
ISLAND 



Siiustrateci 



Issued by the PASSENGER 
DEPARTMENT OF THE 
EONG ISEAND RAIEROAD 



HOWARD M. SMITH 

Got' I Passenger Agent 

Long Island City, N. V. 




SEASON or 
..1901.. 



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HOW TO REACH LONG ISLAND 

HE Long Island Railroad, by which every im- 
portant place on Long Island is reached quickly 
and comfortably, has two terminal stations in 
Manhattan Borough, N. Y. City. The up-town 
station is located at the foot of East Thirty-fourth 
Street, and the down-town station at the foot of 
New Chambers Street. Ferries from these stations 
connect with the trains at Long Island City ; which is directly 
opposite Thirty-fourth Street, New York. The station foot of 
Thirty-fourth Street, is reached by the Second and Third Avenue 
Elevated Railroads, and by the cross-town street railroads, and 
through transfers, by practically all the city lines. 

During the Summer a steamboat especially adapted to the 
service is run between Long Island City and Pier 13, near the foot 
of Wall Street, New York, for the accommodation of down-town 





THE LONG ISLAND ANNEX BOAT. 

business nien. This steamboat has a spacious saloon, ample prome- 
nade deck, is lighted throughout by electricity, and is a twin- screw 
propeller, with triple-expansion engines. 

In Brooklyn the stations are located at Flatbush and Atlantic 
Avenues, and at Franklin and Atlantic Avenues. There are also 
stations at East New York and Bushwick. 

The Flatbush Avenue station, located near the business center 
of Brooklyn Borough, is reached by street cars from New York 
via the Brooklyn Bridge, and by the Elevated R. R. and street cars, 
from the Bridge, Fulton Ferry, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Annex. 
It is also reached by street cars from Wall Street and South Ferries. 

Trains are also run from the Brooklyn Bridge to Jamaica, con- 
necting there with principal trains from Thirty-fourth Street, New 
York. Baggage is not carried on these trains. 



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GOLFING ON LONG ISLAND 

ESPONDING to the demand for land and space 

adapted to this royal pastime, we find Long Island 

in the lead. 
The proximity of Long Island to New York and 

the natural attractiveness of its golf courses make 
^^^^r^MM^-^^^ this beautiful Island not only a favorite but a most 
delightful spot in which to enjoy this most popular of all outdoor 

sports. 

In the short space of a few months we have seen magnificent links 
made over the beautiful Shinnecock Hills, others over the suitable 
hills upon the Oyster Bay Branch, and in so many other summer 
resorts on the Island that Long Island is looked upon as the golfing 
ground of New York. The links are located as follows : 

On the North side— Flushing, Flushing Golf Club; Bayside, Oak- 
land Golf Club ; Port Washington, Sands Point Golf Club ; Rich- 
mond Hill, Richmond Hill Golf Club ; Jamaica, Jamaica Golf Club ; 
Hollis, Hollis Golfing Association ; Garden City, Garden City Golf 
Club ; Hempstead, Pine Farm Golf Club, Meadowbrook Hunt Club ; 
Roslyn, Roslyn Golf Club ; Sea Clifif, Sea Clifl Golf Club ; Glen 
Cove, Nassau Country Club ; Oyster Bay, Seawanhaka-Corinthian 
Yacht Club, Oyster Bay Golf Club ; Syosset, Syosset Golf Club ; 
Huntington, Alan Brick Golf Club ; Northport, Lawyers' Club ; 
Smithtown, Smithtown Outing Club. 

On the South Shore— Cedarhurst, Rockaway Hunting Club ; Far 
Rockaway, Far Rockaway Golf Club; Edgemere, Edgemere 
Golf Club: Long Beach, Long Beach Golf Club; Freeport. 
Freeport Golf Club ; Massapequa, Alassapequa Golf Club ; 
Babylon, South Shore Country Club ; Bayshore, Bayshore Golf 
Club ; East Islip (Great River Stationj, Westbrook Golf Club ; 
Bellport, Bellport Golf Club ; Westhampton, Westhampton Country 
Club ; Quogue, Quogue Field Club : Shinnecock Hills, Shinnecock 
Hills Golf Club ; Bridgehampton, Sagoponac Golf Club ; Wainscott, 
Wainscott Golf Club; Easthampton, Maidstone Club ; Sag Harbor, 
Bluff Golf Club ; and the Shelter Island Golf Club, at Shelter Island. 



LONG ISLAND 

ORTUNATE the city which has deHghtful 
suburbs. More fortunate still is that vast 
Metropolis which has at its very threshold 
an expanse of ocean-bounded country where 
beauty of landscape and health go hand in 
hand, to which the tired dweller of the city 
may betake himself for rest, recuperation and recreation, and find 
the fullest satisfaction. 

If New York had nothing else to mark its advantages of loca- 
tion over other cities, it could take pride in the possession of the 
ever- beautiful, ever-varied Long Island as one of the most ideal sum- 





ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. 

mer breathing places on the American continent. Geographically, 
Long Island lies between the mighty Atlantic, whose waves surge a 
never-ending symphony upon the beautiful beaches along its 
southern shores, and Long Island Sound, that great inland tidal 
sea, whose surface is ever dotted with the white-winged fleets of 
commerce. Its ocean coast-line, which is level from Brooklyn to the 
far-away picturesque Shinnecock Hills, almost at its eastern end, 
runs nearly east and west, and it is the only section of the United 
States whose ocean boundaries have this direction. The influence 
of this 'peculiarity upon its climate is very marked, as the prevailing 



winds, wafted over the ocean's surface in summer, are invariably 
from the south, and they temper the rays of the fiercest mid- 
summer sun. 

It is often said of the enterprising Am.erican that he takes his 
pleasures too seriously. It is difficult for him to get away from busi- 
ness, and he carries even into the hours of recreation a suggestion 
of the counting-room and office. He realizes this himself, for his 
physician calls it often to his mind. Hence this may account for 
the fact that he takes his vacation sternly and goes far and spends 
largely to hnd it. All foreign countries are picturesque ; the novelty 




"THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET THAT HANGS IN THE WELL." 

exaggerates their characteristics, and to strange eyes the hills of 
Scotland are of greater grandeur than the Catskills, and the mount- 
ains of Switzerland more rugged than the Rockies. Thus a vaca- 
tion is alleged to be more effective if it is sought at a distance, and 
one imagines that he sees greater wonders in lands that are new to 
him, simply because they are new. This may explain the fact that a 
paradise is neglected in America for a desert sought in Europe, 
This is emphasized and increased by a journey on Long Island. 
The same sun that gives to Italy its summer, rises from the depths 



of the waters to set in glowing colors a landscape unsurpassed to 
eyes wearied by the ledger and the law book. Try it, you who 
doubt, and be convinced, Take the train some morning in sum- 
mer and discover how close to the noise and bustle of New York is 
the glade, the sheltered nook, the green expanse of plain and the 
peace and repose of a prosperous and happy country. Every variety 
is found in a ride between meals. To the right, as your face is 
turned eastward, is the Great South Bay, the long stretch of Fire 
Island, the finest fortification of nature on the earth, and beyond, 
old ocean, rolling breakers in from France. To the north the hills 
rise gently, until the shores of the placid Sound are a broken series 
of parapets lifting themselves like miniature Gibraltars above the 




ON THE SHORE NEAR ROSLYN. 

water. One must see it all to fully enjoy the trip. From the summit 
of the hills the view extends for miles. The winds deal gently in 
Summer with the waters, and there are no storms to bufTet the 
pleasure craft that dot the scene with their white sails flashing in the 
sun. As far as the eye can reach, it is the blue of the waters with 
the blue of the sky, softened by a tinge of green from the Connecticut 
shore beyond. Few countries offer so charming a vista, none 
excel it. 

Totally diflferent in appearance, topography, and soil is the 
northern shore, which skirts Long Island Sound. Here the Sandy 



Beaches have given way to bold and in many cases, precipitous 
blufifs, into and between which the Sound has broken and spreads 
itself out in placid and picturesque bays. Great arms of this inland 
sea stretch here and there into the interior. Upon their shores are 
charming sites for summer homes, where the loveliest of marine 
views may be enjoyed amid surroundings of field and meadow. 
The central portion of Long Island partakes of the characteristics 
of a farming country, in which agriculture has made advanced 
strides and been carried to its higher perfection. In soil and 
climatic conditions it is admirably adapted to vegetable and fruit 
farming. Thousands of its broad acres are being scientifically and 
intelligently tilled, and from this region there comes to the market 
of the City of New York daily contributions in enormous volume, 
and of the finest quality. 

In a general way, these are the chief characteristics of the Island, 
which is the natural summer outlet of the crowded New York. 
One must be of most exacting taste who cannot find amid this 
almost infinite variety of charming spots some place which shall 
possess the desired requisites of a satisfactory summer abiding 
place. 

A close analysis of the three general divisions of Long Island — 
that is, the seashore, middle, and north shore regions — discloses what 
an unusual wealth of attractions each possesses. These are more or 
less individual, and yet the same dominant chords run in a harmonious 
unison through all. If one enjoys the sea, with its charms of surf 
bathing, sailing, and deep-water fishing, there are the many beauti- 
ful villages along the south shore. In each of these may be found 
excellently appointed hotels, and many boarding-houses where 
accommodations may be had at a less expense. Then there are, 
nearer by, the great hotels at Manhattan Beach, Arverne, Edge- 
mere, Far Rockaway, and Long Beach, all furnishing the most 
desirable accommodations, and delightfully located upon the very 
edge of the surf. Skirting the southern side of the Island for 
nearly eighty miles is the Great South Bay, which is one of the most 
ideal and safest places in the wide world for sailing and still- 
water bathing. It is the great pla3r-ground of the smaller boats, and 
affords those whose timidity prevents their enjoyment on the ocean 
or Sound an opportunity to indulge to the fullest extent in life upon 
the water, which is such a charming feature of Long Island summer 
life. On a summer's day hundreds of yachts and sailboats may 



be counted skimming over the sparkling surface of the beautiful 
bay. 

There is room and accommodations upon Long Island for the 
millionaire, the man who is well-to-do, and the prudent wage-earner 
who must needs get the most comfort for the least money. In many 
localities clubs and associations, composed of wealthy gentlemen, 
have selected choice sites, and erected delightful club-houses, into 
which they have introduced all the luxuries and conveniences of 
metropolitan life. Several of these clubs have purchased or 
leased large tracts of land which are used as private shooting 
preserves. But the territory thus held, compared with the great 
area of Long Island, is lost sight of in the wealth and variety of that 
which is left. It is in one of the many villages, which dot the 
Island, from end to end, that the average person will prefer to make 
his summer home. The exact location will depend, of course, 
largely on individual tastes and whether or not daily trips to and 
from the city must be made. There are a score of delightful 
towns near enough to New York to be of quick access, where hotel 
accommodations may be obtained at from $8.00 to $30.00 per week, 
and board in private houses, either in the towns or upon nearby 
farms, at from $4.00 per week up. The character and excellence of 
such accommodations on Long Island are exceptionally good. 

In no other region of the country is there a greater variety or 
abundance of those things which "tickle the palate" of mankind. 
The surroundings waters teem with the finest varieties of salt-water 
fish, including the world-famous Little Neck clams. The Blue Point 
oysters are natives of the Great South Bay, on the south side. The 
Island produces vegetables and fruits in the greatest abundance, and 
the markets of New York, which are easily accessible, supply the few 
delicacies for the table that are not raised upon the island or caught 
in its surrounding waters. Thus it will be seen that the resident of 
Long Island is likely to have his physical needs well provided for. 

To the artist, whether of brush or camera. Long Island offers, not 
in the sense of time, a new field, yet one which is ever new and fresh 
in opportunities, and prolific of subjects. Its woodlands, its mead- 
ows, its broad level moors, with the bright sea beyond, will challenge 
the skill of hand and eye as long as art shall last. Its Dutch wind- 
mills, choice bits of antiquity and landmarks of other days, have 
been in the past, and will be in the future, an inspiration for many a 
canvas. When the sea is boisterous, and is piling in "mountains 



high " those who love to paint the ocean in its wildest frenzies may 
have the freest scope for their genius, and perhaps, as is frequently 
the case, some great ship will be tossed far up on the beach, and the 
sturdy life-savers from one of the numerous stations which dot the 
shore will become living models for a thrilling chef-d'ceuvre. 

Lon- Island is almost at the doorway of New York City, but 
the difference in their temperatures is most marked. Only those who 
have sweltered in the city and have then gone out into one of the 
charming towns along the ocean-side of the Island, to find it so 
cool at night that a blanket "feels good," can realize the great, 
almost phenomenal, difference in the temperatures. 

These suburban places on Long Island offer the only opportunity 
to business men who must needs be at their desks daily through the 
summer months, of locating their families where they may have all 
the desirable advantages of the country, and where they themselves 
may spend each night without making the daily journey to and from 
the city a tiresome, wearying feature of the summer. For those to 
whom daily trips to the city are not necessary, or for that larger body 
of business men who locate their families in some pleasant place and 
join them over every Sunday, the eastern end of Long Island spreads 
out an inviting list of places. Among them are Moriches, West- 
hampton, Ouogue, Good Ground, Shinnecock Hills, Southampton 
Water Mill, Bridgehampton, Easthampton, Amagansett, Montauk 
and Sag Harbor, many of which are on the shores of the Atlantic 
Ocean To these must be added the delightful resorts of Riverhead, 
Jamesport, Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic and Southold, all on the 
beautiful Peconic Bay and reached by fast express trains of the 
Long Island Railroad. Opposite Greenport is the popular and 
always delightful Shelter Island, with its charming surroundings and 

excellent hotels. 

During the past few years the Long Island Railroad Co. has re- 
laid many miles of its track with heavy steel rails, new coaches have 
been added to its equipment, and new hard-coal-burning locomo- 

tives placed in service. 

The road-bed has been ballasted and sprinkled with oil. hence 
there is an absence of annoyance from dust. 

During the summer nearly one thousand trains are operated on 
Long Island daily, of which six hundred and fifty arrive at and 
depart from Brooklyn and New York City. With such an array of 
natural advantages, its proximity to New York, and the exceptionally 

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BATHING ON THE LONG ISLAND BEACHES, 



fine facilities of transportation and intercommunication, Long Island 
may properly be called the ideal summer territory of the Union. Its 
popularity has spread far beyond the limits of Greater New York, 
and an ever-increasing percentage of its summer residents are coming 
from the Middle, Southern, and Western States, as they find within 
its borders all the requisites of a delightful summer-land. But not 
only does Long Island appeal to the summer resident. It is as well 
an ideal place in which to establish a permanent suburban home. 
Many of such handsome residences have long since been established 
and are occupied the entire year by their owners. Its nearness to 
New York, the superiority of its railroad service, the excellence of its 
school system, and the high quality of its society, all unite in pro- 
ducing conditions which are most eagerly sought by those who wish 
to establish a home of their own outside of the limited confines of 
the city, and each year sees new and artistic homes erected for 
permanent residents. There has been in the recent past the greatest 
activity in road improvement all over the island ; there are now 
more than six hundred miles of macadamized thoroughfares. 
Besides this, there are hundreds of miles of well-graded and excel- 
lently maintained bicycle paths for the use of wheelmen, for whom 
Long Island is a paradise. Many of these paths follow most pic- 
turesque roads, under the grateful shade of overhanging oaks, giving 
here and there lovely vistas of the blue ocean, and broader views of 
the rolling fields and attractive villages. So many thousands of 
wheelmen have come to realize the delights of the Island that the 
railroad will this year again run special bicycle cars attached to 
certain trains, so that a tour may be begun or finished at any place 
desired. 

Excellent accommodations may be found everywhere on the Island, 
and the majority of the inns and hotels cater to the cycling public. 

In many sections the Good Roads Association constantly keep 
roads and paths in good condition, and the signboards erected 
by the L. A. W. giving directions and distances make touring on the 
Island a comfort not known in any other section of the United 
States. 

The Long Island Railroad Company was the first railroad in the 
United States to build and equip special bicycle cars with the very 
best appliances for the transportation of bicycles without injury. 

Long Island is particularly fortunate in having the service of the 
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, which practically 

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reaches the uttermost parts of the Island. Exchanges or Pay 
Stations are now located in almost all of the towns and villages from 
Brooklyn eastward, as well as in the stations of the Long Island 
Railroad Company, thus placing the residents within easy touch 
with each other and with the points they most need to reach, as well 
as making it possible for them to communicate with all the places in 
the vast telephone system — Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, being 
brought within as easy speaking range as New York or Brooklyn. 
Pay stations are located in many of the summer resort hotels, so that 
the guest from town may receive news from his office and transmit 
hourly instructions thereto, if need be. Probably no one more 
thoroughly appreciates the value and convenience of telephone 
service than the business man who is out of tov/n for the summer, or 
whose family sojourns at the seaside while he remains in town, the 
telephone service making easy communication possible. The value 
of telephone service in social matters is strongly felt in the summer, 
in obtaining information as to trains and boats, calling one's friends 
and engaging them for occasions, instructing sailing masters, 
ordering carriages, and making easy the many other details of social 
life. As an element of safety and in an emergency, the telephone 
service is invaluable. The physician may be summoned, police aid 
called, or a fire alarm sent more speedily than by any other means. 
To the broker, banker, or merchant, the telephone brings the latest 
news from headquarters as nothing else can, keeps him in touch with 
the market quotations, and saves him much travel and endless 
vexation. It enables him to inform his family instantly and surely if 
he be detained in town, and also to learn if anything of importance 
may necessitate a change of his plans. The telephone service of 
to-day places the patron on Long Island, through the New York and 
New Jersey Telephone Company's system, in communication if need 
be with any of the fifty-five thousand stations on and around Long 
Island, the City of New York, and nearby cities and towns, and with 
over two hundred thousand telephone stations throughout the 
country through the Long Distance lines. The general offices of the 
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company are at 8i Willoughby 
Street, Brooklyn, while an office at Riverhead, L. I., furnishes any 
information desired in that section of Long Island. In the following 
pages will be found a brief mention of the various localities and 
towns upon Long Island. 



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SHORE RESORTS NEAR NEW YORK 

'T the very threshold of the greatest metropohs 
on this continent is what may be truly called the 
greatest seaside resort in the world. One is hardly 
out of the suburbs of one until he is in the heart 
of the other. It is but a step from the noise and 
turmoil of the city to the silvery sands which edge 
the majestic Atlantic, from the discordant notes of trade and com- 
merce to the musical surgings of the "ever-sounding " sea. 

In Manhattan Beach, New York has a breathing place which 
has grown into remarkable popularity, not through the artifices of 
adroit advertising, but by reason of the merits of its own attractive- 
ness. It is no longer necessary for those who live in the city of New 
York to make long journeys to find delightful seaside conditions. 
They are but thirty minutes away from the downtown business dis- 
trict. Two great hotels, the Manhattan and the Oriental, furnish 
most excellent accommodations. The latter is entirely apart from 
that portion of the beach patronized by transients, and is one of the 
most delightful houses on the Atlantic coast. It is said that none 
other has had as guests so many distinguished people. The service 
and cuisine of the Oriental are as perfect as unlimited means and 
good taste can make them. Perfect rest and quiet abound here, and 
seashore life may be enjoyed under the most favorable conditions. 
The Oriental has along its front handsome, wide, well-shaded veran- 
das, from which one may look out across the beautiful lawns and 
flower beds to the ocean, but a few steps away. Its public rooms are 
pleasingly furnished, and its rooms bright and cheerful. The hotel 
meets admirably in every particular the designs of its promoter, which 
were that it should furnish the highest type of accommodations, and 
be an agreeable home for its guests rather than a resort for the multi- 
tude. 

The Manhattan is an immense and impressive structure, built 
close up to the ocean side. Its wide, well-shaded verandas, of almost 
endless length, make a most charming open-air cafe, where thousands 
of city dwellers gather every evening to enjoy the excellent cuisine, 

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listening meantime to the sweet strains of music which float out 
from the nearby theatre. A more fascinating scene is difficult to 
imagine than that presented at Manhattan Beach every afternoon 
and evening. It is not to be compared to any other, for there is none 
like it. There is in it a little glimpse of Paris, a suggestion of the 
happy throngs, the brilliant lights, and touches of gay color one 
finds at the cafes along the Bois de Boulogne, and there is that, too, 
which recalls the attractions of Ostend and Brighton, or of the 
charming Lido on the Adriatic at Venice. But, after all, it is Man- 
hattan Beach, happy and proud in a character and charm all its own. 
Directly in front of the Manhattan, and separated from it by bright- 
ened-flower beds and velvety lawns, is the great board walk, pro- 
jecting in places almost over the surf, which pounds unceasingly. This 
walk furnishes a most delightful promenade, where the purest of sea 
air may be enjoyed without contamination of any sort, and where the 
view is unobstructed to the horizon's farthest line. Adjoining the 
Manhattan is the large theatre, so constructed as to be "swept by 
ocean breezes." Here during the entire season are concerts or operas 
both afternoon and evening. 

The great bathing pavilion adjoins the beach, and here, as every- 
where at Manhattan Beach, the arrangements for furnishing the best 
accommodations are noticeable. Suits in abundance may be obtained, 
and high tide or low tide, it matters not, there is always a happy 
throng disporting themselves in the surf. 

A brilliant entertainment provided at Manhattan Beach after the 
dinner hour is the Fire Drama and Pyrotechnic Display by Pain. It 
is given in an immense enclosure in the rear of the Manhattan Hotel, 
and here, on an enormous stage, with an artificial lake in front and 
vast walls of scenery behind, are enacted spectacular and vivid 
reproductions of stirring historical events. The brilliancy of these 
displays baffles adequate description. 

To the west of the fireworks enclosure and in the rear of the 
Manhattan is the bicycle track, with its well-laid cement roadway, 
one-third of a mile around and flanked by extensive grand stands. 
This course has been the scene of many of the most interesting of 
America's racing events, and as there is a superb track leading to it, 
it has become a popular rendezvous for thousands of wheelmen and 
wheelwomen who may enjoy a spin on their wheels, a bath in the 
surf, and then make the outing complete by dining sumptuously at 
the Manhattan. 

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At Sheepshead Bay, which is a neighbor of Manhattan Beach, 
is located the race track of the Coney Island Jockey Club, one of the 
best known and successful racing associations in the country. This 
resort enjoys a large and select patronage, and its natural location, 
surrounded as it is by forests, and cooled by the ocean breezes, 
makes it very popular. On such occasions as the Suburban Stakes 
day many thousands gather at this course, the railroad facilities 
being so perfect that they go or come with little or no incon- 
venience. Another successful racing association nearby is the 
Brooklyn Jockey Club, upon whose track a^ Gravesend the Handicap 
Stakes is one of the chief events. 

Following the coast line to the east, the next resort reached, is 
Rockaway Beach, which is upon a long peninsula stretching out 
between the ocean on the one side and Jamaica Bay on the other. 
This beach is in reality but a continuation of the long line of low- 
lying keys which skirt the entire south side of Long Island. Farther 
up toward the point of the peninsula is Rockaway Park, with its 
many attractive homes. It is a particularly healthful and delightful 
spot, being almost entirely encompassed by water, and offering the 
advantages of seclusion, and of both surf and still-water bathing. 

Beyond them is the modern summer city-by-the-sea, Arverne. 
Here is located a superb hotel surrounded by a twenty-foot veranda, 
and with accommodations for over four hundred guests. By a happy 
architectural treatment, the hotel is so constructed that every room 
looks out directly upon the ocean. The town of An,'erne has been 
laid out with streets and avenues stretching from the sea to the bay. 
These are broad and well improved, and trees have been planted 
along them to provide shade. The summer population of Arverne 
is five thousand and rapidly increasing. Many handsome summer 
homes, which bespeak the taste of their owners, have been erected 
at Arverne, and a large number of wealthy people spend the summer 
here. In addition to the large hotel, there are a number of smaller 
ones, and an ample number of boarding houses to care for the 
large summer population. There is much driving here, and scores 
of elegant equipages maj^ be seen any pleasant afternoon upon the 
avenues and drives. Bathing is, of course, the chief recreation, 
but all kinds of out-of-door exercise are popular. Few places on 
the coast out-rival Arverne in attractive appearance. 

Beyond Ar\-erne to the east is the magnificent new hotel, the 
Edgemere, which has taken, as it deserved to, a position among 



America's most delightful summer hotels. It is modern in style and 
construction, and perfect in detail, furnishings, and equipment, and 
has accommodations for four hundred guests. It stands near the 
ocean and commands a charming view from its great verandas and 
living-rooms. 

Among the resorts which were popular a generation ago and 
which have held their own in public esteem must be counted Far 
Rockaway. The glare and the enterprise of the more modern resorts 
have not overshadowed it, and it still enjoys a large patronage and 
takes on many material aspects not possessed by other places on the 
Island, and attracts each season an immense number of visitors who 
find it one of the most delightful of all Long Island's resorts. It 
possesses every characteristic of an ideal place for a sojourn of a 



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THE EDGEMERE HOTEL, EDGEMERE 

day or a season. Far Rockaway is a town of beautiful cottages, and 
has splendid educational facilities, and has amply demonstrated its 
attractiveness as a permanent residential section for both summer 
and winter. Far Rockaway is but forty minutes from New York city, 
and is up-to-date in every respect. 

Adjoining Far Rockaway is Lawrence, which the wealth of its 
residents has made, "to blossom like a rose." The attention which 
has been paid to the aesthetic features of Lawrence are immediately 
noticeable to the visitor. In its charming lawns, beautiful trees, and 
ornamental floriculture, it suggests Newport. It further suggests 
the possibility of improvement which exists in almost all small 
towns, where the citizens unite enthusiastically and earnestly in an 



effort to make all things pleasing to the eye. The village of Law- 
rence has an attractive clubhouse, with a large number of members 
among the best class of cottage residents. Its schools are also of 
the very best. Lawrence is a delightfully healthful location for per- 
manent residents. Its remarkable accessibility to the shores of the 
Atlantic Ocean, its easy touch with New York or Brooklyn, its 
essentially rural situation combined with the splendid service of more 
than thirty trains each way every week-day over the Long Island 
Railroad — all have a strong tendency to make Lawrence one of the 
most charming all -the -year -around residential sections of Long 
Island. The immediate section hereabouts is noted for the peculiar 
purity and its air, and the wholesomeness of the surroundings. 

Further inland, on the broad neck of land which terminates in 
the Rockaways, is Cedarhurst, a private residential reservation, 
with exclusive tendencies, and a beautiful clubhouse. In every way 
that good taste can indicate, the best results have been attained in 
making the place attractive and beautiful. The members of the club 
find their enjoyment in wholesome out-of-door games and sports, 
and in the attractions of the club. There are large stables for the 
polo ponies, for this game is one of the most popular at Cedarhurst, 
kennels for the hounds, and a well-equipped gymnasium for the 



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members who prefer to take this manner of exercise. In addition to 
all these, there are golf links, shooting preserves, etc. The hunts 
and runs of the club are famous as being picturesque and English- 
esque, and always afford the greatest enjoyment to those who are 
"lookers-on in Venice" as well as participants. Cedarhurst, Wood- 
mere and Hewlett, are on the line of the Long Island Railroad 
which leaves the south shore main line at Valley Stream and runs 
out onto the Rockaway Peninsula. Hewlett the neighbor of Wood- 
mere on the north, is an attractive little village amid surroundings 
of a pleasing rural nature. 

The trains of the main line division of the Long Island Railroad, 
whether leaving from the Brooklyn or New York terminals, pass 
through Jamaica, which is practically the hub of the system. 

Following the south shore line east from Jamaica, the first village 
reached is Springfield, which takes its name from the springs of 
crystal water bursting forth from their subterranean sources here, 
one of them being so large as to form quite a pretentious lake. 
Rosedale, the next village to the east, is a brisk and enterprising little 
place, with charming surroundings of woodland and meadow. Its 
nearest neighbor is Valley Stream, the junction for the Far Rock- 
away branch. The north and south line, starting at Oyster Bay on 
the north shore and continuing through Nassau, Glen Cove, Roslyn, 
Mineola, Garden City and Hempstead, also unites with the south 
shore line at Valley Stream. 

Some of the trains for Far Rockaway run by the way of Valley 
Stream, while others go via the New York & Rockaway Beach Rail- 
way. This enables the visitor to go one way and return by the 
other, thus adding to the variety and enjoyment of the journey. The 
route via the New York & Rockaway Beach Railway takes the 
traveler across Jamaica Bay over the long trestles which stretch from 
one island to the other. Upon either side of the train the immediate 
view is over sparkling waves, which add a touch of salt to the 
cooling breeze wafted into the open windows. 

This experience of railroading over the water is so refreshing that 
one is tempted to wish that the journey was thrice as long. Con- 
tinuing beyond Valley Stream we come to Lynbrook, which is the 
junction point for East Rockaway and Long Beach. Here a branch 
of the south shore division of the Long Island Railroad turns toward 
the ocean, and, crossing Hempstead Bay at its narrowest point, 
terminates at the very door of the immense Long Beach Hotel. This 

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THE LONG BEACH HOTEL. 

is one of the largest and best known of America's ocean-side 
hotels. It has accommodations for a thousand guests. There is also 
a large casino, and a number of cottages near the main hotel. It is 
one of the most popular of New York suburban summer hotels, and in 
addition to the enjoyments of bathing, there is a constant variety of 
entertainments provided at the hotel for the enjoyment of the 
guests. The hotel is noted for its excellent service and unsurpassed 
cuisine. 

The beach, which is directly in front of the hotel, is hard and 
clean, and the slope is so slight that it makes bathing safe and 
enjoyable. Every precaution against accidents is taken by the man- 
agement, and a competent corps of life-savers is always in attend- 
ance. Upon summer days hundreds of people are in the surf during 
the bathing hours, and the scene is one of greatest gaiety. Sailing 
and fishing, both upon the ocean, or the quiet waters of Hempstead 
Bay, are, with surf bathing, the popular features of life at Long 
Beach. 

East Rockaway, situated on an arm of the bay, is a quiet place, 
within a few minutes' ride of Long Beach. A few miles farther east 
is Rockville Centre, a town of considerable importance as a local 
trade center. It has many attractive homes and good schools, 
including a fine High School. Probably no town on Long Island is 
making greater and more substantial progress than Rockville Centre. 

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It is fully abreast of the times. Real estate being reasonably cheap, 
Rockville Centre is rapidly becoming a " land of homes." Its splen- 
did location and proximity to the city has insured to it a rapid 
growth. 

Baldwin, just beyond Rockville Centre, is identified by the 
graceful spire of the village church, which adds a picturesque back- 
ground to the beautiful perspective of the surrounding fields. It is 
an inviting settlement, in which peace and happiness abound. That 
it is growing is evident from the many improvements under way. 

Freeport bears on its very face the alwa5rs distinguishable marks 
of prosperity. It is a town of comfortable and attractive homes, 
well-stocked shops, and fine churches. It has an exceptionally 
good society, and is the home of many well-to-do people, who have 




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demonstrated their aesthetic tastes by creating two town parks, 
which are kept in excellent condition. An attractive hotel, the 
Woodcleft Inn, is located at Freeport. It has accommodations for 
one hundred and twenty guests, and is well managed. The country 
around Freeport, and through which the railroad passes, is one of 
great natural attractiveness and beauty. It is dry and rolling, and 
hence healthful. Its gentle slope is toward the sea, from which 
there is, during the summer season, an ever-refreshing and tonic- 
laden breeze. A newly erected railroad station, handsome and com- 
modious, just completed, adds very materially to the com.fort and 
convenience of passengers. 

Merrick, the next station beyond Freeport, is chiefly known 
because of its extensive camp-meeting grounds. Here is also located 
a model farm, dairy, and trout preserves. 

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Bellmore, Wantagh, and Seaford lie to the east of Merrick, and 
in each of these there are a number of attractive homes, with ample 
open-air surroundings, and no appearance of over-crowding. They 
are naar enough to the Great South Bay to catch the odor of the 
salty sedges which edge its shore, and yet far enough away to be on 
high ground. 

Massapequa, which assumed a new name (it was formerly South 
Oyster Bayj with its modern prosperity, has, in addition to its excel- 
lent and inviting hotel, the Massapequa, a goodly number of modern, 
up-to-date summer cottages, occupied largely by their owners. 
These are surrounded by velvety lawns, and they bespeak the select 
character of the residents. One of the most attractive stations on 
the line of the railroad has been built at Massapequa, and there are 
in the village several good churches and schools. A salt-water creek 
meanders up through the meadows from the bay almost to the 
entrance of the excellent Massapequa Hotel, so that ready access 
may be had to the bay and ocean, 

Amityville is a thrifty, progressive little town, full of push and 
energy, and abreast with all the modernisms usually found in a place 
of Its population, which is about three thousand. It has several 



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good hotels, among which the New Point is the newest and most 
complete. It is thoroughly attractive and handsomely furnished, 
and is the center of a most delightful social circle each season. It 
has electric lights and gas, and its streets are well graded and beau- 
tified by over-hanging trees. It is one of the chief resorts on 



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Long Island, and deserves its signal success in this line, for it has all 
the features desirable in a summer resort. Both the marine and land 
views are inviting, and the town and hotels are so close to the water 
that sailing and bathing are the dominating pleasures. The golf 




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links here are deservedly popular. Directly across the bay from 
Amityville is the Gilgo Inlet, through which sailboats pass out into 
the ocean, where there is deep-sea fishing of the finest kind. Every 
day a large fleet of pleasure boats, filled with people enjoying the 
sport, is to be seen passing in and out. 

All along this section of the south shore of Long Island the 
water front has been largely taken up by cottage owners, or by 
investment companies which are spending money liberally in develop- 
ing the property, and making it desirable and available for cottage 
sites. For this purpose it is particularly well adapted, as it is not 
only easy of access from the city, but is healthful, free from malarial 
influences, and is always delightfully cool in summer, as its location 
is such that it has the benefit of direct ocean breezes. All of these 
advantages have resulted in making this section exceedingly popular 
with those who enjoy suburban life. 

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exqu:~:tr : : .- 7:1^ '.Vatson House, a thoro-il'.ly con- 

ven:er.: .ijiis hotel has much prestige in a long- 

esta&iished aad weu-eamed reputation- The towr. has rnanv up- 

'.z-"-^''-': -^--~'--=-- -':-' a= gas worics. electr:" I'li''": jlant, social 

------ res, game preseni'es. aru \\:'-z attractions. 

Its ch-arches are r-_~eroas and prosperons, and its citizens enter- 

-'-'---;'- ---:-. y.r. the Great South Bav, it enjoys both bv 
- -;' -' - r.ig-fat the cool and invigorating- breezes which come directiv 
:r:.rn tne Atlar~; '. : '-^i- . The scene at the railroad station apon the 
arriva! of the i::trr. ; ;- trains from Xew York is a brilliant one, as 
:-'-t '-.'■^' 5pac.e adjoining the station is filled with handsome equip- 
ages, with liveried i::^- -:i.-t5, and gaily dressed ladies awaiting the 
arrival of fathers, h_c^a:i'-i and sweethearts from the city. 

The Westminster Kennel Q«b, located at Babylon, attracts eac?. 
season many people of the highest social distinction, who enfoy 
%_--_ ^----r tPie element of sport into their sammer life, and who by so^ 
- : _ - : i a variety and gaiety to the society of the place. The golf 
links aiiord much pleasure and enter heartily into competEtion for 
zrz'.-.'^z'.'Zit with the. many diversities and ont-of-door sticrts, 

. ;-i-:site Babylon, on Mnncie Island, is the Mnncie Stirf Sani- 
tariem. There is a quiet home atmosphere abo'at the place that is 
contagiotss, restfiiL and strengthencEg. Then fresh breezes from the 
ocean forever blow here and every breath is a tonic, 

A stearu launch is run between Babylon and Muncie Island, 
making two trips daily and carrying the mails. 

From Babylon, Oak Island Beach is reached by steamer. Xear 
this place are the headquarters of the jovial Wawayanda and Short 
Beach dubs, each having a large membership among Xew York and 
Brooklyn business men. and the well-known Armory of Jesse 
Smith. 

Returning to the main island and continuing eastward frdm 
'E^'-.y-- the traveler comes first to Bavshore, which, with its fine 
ir.r:ti. handsome residences and perked grounds, its t>rosperou5 






SAILING ON THE GREAT SOUTH BAY, 



stores, good schools, and broad, well-kept roadways, always make 
a most favorable impression. Bayshore is a suitable all-the- 
year-around town, to which the summer cottage feature is but a 
pleasing addition. It is a town which even the casual visitor can see 
ofTers comfort and opportunities for a delightful existence. The 
handsome cottage homes with their broad verandas and wide- 
stretching lawns indicate that the residents of the village have, as 
a class, a refined taste and an inclination to make their homes and 
town expressive of that refinement. Some of the handsomest 
houses on Long Island are located at Bayshore, as well as the large 





IN BAYSHORE. 

grounds of the Bayshore Driving Park Association and the attractive 
property of the Olympic Club. Driving and wheeling are popular 
pastimes, for the roads are delightful. There are good hotels at Bay- 
shore, among them the Prospect House, The Linwood and The 
Dominy House. Directly across the Great South Bay from Bayshore, 
and reached by steamer, is the far-famed Fire Island whose lighthouse 
is known the maritime world over as the place from whence all trans- 
atlantic steamships are first sighted and their arrival telegraphed 
to New York. This island is a low-lying sand key, not over a 
mile in width at any one point, and full forty in length, It forms a 



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natural breakwater for the south shore of Long Island, and between 
it and the main shore is the Great South Bay so frequently referred 
to in this book. 




ARRIVAL OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN AT BAYSHORE. 

The great lighthouse, whose electric beacon of twenty-three 
million candle-power is the most powerful in the country, is a never- 
ending source of interest to visitors. It is an immense structure, 
and its friendly light, which is plainly visible for many miles at sea, 
has brought joy and comfort to many a storm-tossed mariner. 

Farther up the Island toward the east is Point O'Woods, with 
its cottages. Situated at the very edge of the Atlantic Ocean, Point 
o'Woods, for luxury of sea bathing, is unsurpassed. Point O'Woods 
is reached by steamer from Bayshore. 

Islip, which was settled originally by a goodly people from 
Islip, Oxfordshire, England, the near neighbor of Bayshore, on the 
east, is quite like it in its surroundings. It has a small resident 
population, but a large one during the summer, when the magnifi- 
cent country houses located here are occupied by the families of 
their wealthy owners. There are at Islip a number of well-kept 

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hotels. From the settlement beautiful views may be enjoyed of the 
Great South Bay, and the wooded points which stretch out like the 
fingers of the hand from the main shore. 

The portion of Long Island which skirts the south shore here- 
abouts is heavily covered with pine forests, which give the air the 
double advantage of the odor of the balsam and the tonic of the 
sea. It is a region which duplicates in general appearances and 
climatic effects Lakewood, N. J., but with added advantages of being 
much nearer New York and more easily and comfortably reached. 
Through this forest growth the roads run in every direction, and add 







AN ENTRANCE TO THE VANDERBILT ESTATE AT OAKDALE. 

to the delights of outdoor life by making riding and bicycling 
charmmg pastimes. 

New York millionaires have been quick to realize that this 
immediate locality is an ideal one for the location of their summer 
homes, and, as a consequence, there are a large number of extensive 
estates, magnificent in both the area included and in development. 
One of the most notable of these is the place of Mr. W. K. Vander- 
bilt, at Oakdale. This estate includes a portion of what is known as 
the old Nichols grant, whose ownership runs back two centuries. 
There is also the immense and almost royal estate of Mr. F. G. 



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Bourne. In addition to these estates are those of the Cuttings, and 
Mr. W. K. Aston, equally beautiful and extensive. 

The Vanderbilt estate, which is enclosed by a high iron fence, is 
entered by a beautiful ornamental gate, at the side of which is a 
picturesque ivy-covered porter's lodge. Just outside the gate, at 
the side of the old post-road, which is the most popular 
bicycle thoroughfare out of New York, is a deep well of the purest 
water. This well is known to thousands of wheelmen, who have 
stopped to quench their thirst and rest under the refreshing shade of 
the enormous wide-spreading elms which surround it. Frequently 
on holidays and pleasant summer Saturday afternoons as many as a 
hundred bicyclists may be counted here at one time, with many 
more coming and going continually. 

Near the Vanderbilt estate, with Oakdale as the railroad station, 
are the handsome quarters and preserves of the famous South Side 
Sportsman's Club, an institution of great popularity and enviable 
repute. Its membership includes many well-known New Yorkers 
and during the spring, summer and fall the clubhouse is the 
center of continued gaiety. A large number of deer and an infinite 
variety of smaller game are killed here every autumn. 

The nearby St. John's Church, which is the fashionable place to 
attend divine service, has been in existence more than one hundred 
and thirty years. 

Sayville is justly one of the most populous and popular villages on 
the south shore. It adjoins Oakdale on the east and has innumerable 
advantages and attractions. The town has a considerable permanent 
population and many well-stocked stores. There are several attract- 
ive hotels near the bay-side. The Elmore is charmingly located, is 
well kept, and has accommodation for more than one hundred guests, 
many of whom return year after year for the entire season. It is 
near the Great South Bay, and the bathing-grounds are surrounded 
by beautiful and well-shaded lawns. Sayville has many beautiful 
cottages with highly improved surroundings, and the railroad 
facilities are so excellent that many New York business men go 
in and out every day. The surrounding woodlands are kept 
in perfect condition, and are in reality private parks in which trespas- 
sing is forbidden, although summer visitors have no difficulty in 
obtaining permission to enjoy them. Between Sayville and Blue Point, 
the home of the oyster famous to epicureans the world around, 
are the scientific trout ponds of Mr. R. B. Roosevelt, and nearby is 

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PACKING BLUE POINTS FOR EUROPE. 



the little village of Bayport, which, being in a somewhat open 
country, affords more extended and beautiful views, both over the 
sedges and bay and far inland over the fertile fields and meadows. 
The village streets are fascinatingly beautiful, with their grand old 
elms and comfortable, old-fashioned homes. 

The new railroad station at Blue Point enables visitors to reach 
the Great South Bay at the expense of but a short walk. 

Patchogue takes on far more metropolitan airs and advantages 
than any of the towns on the south shore. It has about six thousand 
inhabitants, and is enjoying a sturdy, wholesome growth. The 
visitor will be impressed with the city common and the handsome 
soldiers' monument in its center, as well as with its many excellent 
stores, handsome churches, beautiful homes, and the general atmos- 
phere of thrift and enterprise which everywhere predominates. 
Patchogue has its own city waterworks. The sidewalks are con- 
creted. The streets are broad, paved and well shaded, are lighted 
with electricity and the place is kept in touch with New York by a 
number of trains each way daily. 

Patchogue has more of the characteristic features of a popular 
summer resort than any other place on Long Island. It reminds the 

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visitor who sees it for the first time of Asbury Park, N. J. Its sum- 
mer population runs into thousands, and there are countless com- 
fortable boarding-houses in addition to the many good hotels. 
Patchogue is well known as the headquarters for the throngs of 
bicyclists who make the fifty -mile run from Jamaica to Patchogue 
along the magnificent path which skirts the old post-road. One of 
the chief industries of the place is its oyster trade, thousands of 
barrels being shipped from here and the neighboring places to 
European and American markets. There are several flourishing 
manufacturing establishments here, among them being some 
extensive lace mills, employing a large number of people. 

Patchogue has for years been a famous resort for both fishing 
and boating, and its water-front along which there are casinos, 
bathing pavilions, and other conveniences, is gay at all hours of the 
day. A very large fleet of excellent sailboats makes Patchogue its 
headquarters all the year round, hence there are always abundant 
opportunities for either sailing or fishing. 

Every one who has listened to the aboriginal names of Long 
Island localities, or read the story of its early days, will recognize 
"Patchogue" as Indian. History tells us that more than twelve 
tribes, who were in their time numerous and powerful, have left their 
names indelibly stamped on Long Island. They include the Canar- 
sies, the Rockaways, Massapequas, Patchogues, Shinnecocks, Mon- 
tauks, Manhassets, Mineolas, Amagansetts, Ronkonkomas, and 
others. 




DUCKING, GREAT SOUTH BAV. 

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FROM PATCHOGUE TO SAG HARBOR AND 

MONTAUK 

[HE eastern portion of the south shore of Long 
Island has been for generations a magnet of 
attraction to all who " loved nature for nature's 
sake." In the early days of the century a regular 
stage route was maintained from Brooklyn to 
Easthampton. According to the old handbills, a 
few of which are still in existence, the stage left Brooklyn Court 
House every Thursday at 9 a. m. It was due at the tavern in 
Hempstead for dinner and a change of horses, reaching Babylon in 
the evening and " putting up " there for the night. Friday night 
was spent at Quogue, and the stage rolled up to the tavern at East- 
hampton, the end of its journey, on Saturday afternoon, having made 
the one hundred and ten miles in three days. Mark the contrast : 
To-day a resident traveling to the far end of Long Island boards a 
fast express train at New York or Brooklyn, drops into an easy seat 
of a new day coach or parlor car, and with the beauties of the 
whirling panorama to divide his attention with his newspaper, covers 




NEAR MORICHES. 



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the same distance in less than three hours. Such are the changed 
of the times. 

Bellport has a higher elevation than any of the south shore 
towns, and for this reason considerable development is anticipated 
here. Bellport has hotel accommodations for two thousand guests, 
and many charming homes. The Great South Bay at this point is 
three miles wide, which gives ample opportunity for sailing and 
fishing. 

Brookhaven, which, because of intervening woodlands, is hidden 
from the railroad, lies immediately on the shore of the bay, which at 
this point narrows considerably, so that the "ceaseless song of the 
mighty surf" is distinctly audible as it rushes up on the narrow 
outer island. There are in the neighborhood a large number of 
trout streams, which offer inviting sport in the proper season, and in 
the fall more game is brought in here from the surrounding region 
than comes to any place within equal distance from New York. The 
well-known Suffolk Club having a large membership consisting of 
prominent New York and Brooklyn gentlemen, is located here and 
enjoys great popularity. 

Mastic is a quiet little place, where the tired man or woman may 
find the same rest and recreation and under practically the same 
conditions as he or she finds them in the Adirondack wilderness. 




MORICHES INN AT CENTRE MORICHES. 

Moriches, a charming summering place down by the bayside, is 
the first important settlement beyond Patchogue. Stages meet 
every train and convey passengers to any portion of the village, 
which, with orchards, fields, and meadows intermingled, is divided 
into Centre Moriches and East Moriches. The Hotel Brooklyn and 
the Moriches Inn are the leading hotels here. They are attractive 

39 



modern structures, well appointed, and enjoy a fine patronage. 
Moriches, like almost all the places along Moriches Bay and the 
Great South Bay, of which the former is an extension, affords the 
opportunity of either still -water bathing, where the children may 
enjoy themselves to the fullest extent with absolute safety, or, by a 
short sail across the bay, of surf bathing of the finest kind. 

Moriches has always enjoyed the greatest popularity, and is one 
of the most important resorts on Long Island. Its summer popula- 
tion is composed of a class of people who seek the wholesome 
enjoyments of out-of-door life rather than the attractions of society, 
and as a consequence the day is largely given over to sailing, bathing. 




LONG ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB, EASTPORT. 

rowing and sports on land. Hundreds of families from New York 
and Brooklyn make this place their summer home, and, knowing its 
charms, would not for a moment entertain an idea of going anywhere 
else. No more ideal spot could be found for those who love the 
water. Moiiches Bay is practically land -locked, and perfectly safe 
for sailing or rowing at all times. There is neither danger of sudden 
squalls nor rough water. Along the beach of the bay the still-water 
bathing is delightful. It is but a short sail across the bay to the 
Atlantic Ocean. Here one may enjoy a plunge in the surf where the 
ocean breaks upon one of the finest beaches in America. There are 
a great number of attractive boarding-houses in Moriches, where 
accommodations from the most modest to the more pretentious kind 
may be procured. 

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A SOUTH SHORE LIFE-SAVING STATION. 



- ' Eastport is not 

quite SO near the 
bay as either of its 
i neighbors, Mor- 
iches or Speonk. 
' It commands a 
beautiful v i e vv , 
however, of not 
only the bay, with 
the deep, blue 
ocean beyond, but of the surrounding country. It is located on 
elevated ground in a section full of agricultural possibilities, where 
already the hand of the modern scientific farmer is evident in 
the many improved country places. The Long Island Country Club 
has established its new and beautiful home here, at the edge of one 
of the se\-eral lakes which add to the beauty and variety of the 
country. 

Speonk takes on during the season, when the summer popula- 
tion, which returns to it each year, is present, the activity of quite a 
town. It has a colony of attractive cottages, a Presbyterian church, 
and a number of delightful features. 

With the picturesque village of Westhampton, the first of the 
famous group of summer resorts known familiarly as "The Hamp- 
tons " begins. This is the first of the places to be reached on Long 
Island east of Far Rockaway and Long Beach where the ocean, with 
its magnificent surf, may be reached by road instead of by sail across 
the intervening bay. The town of Westhampton is partly concealed 
from view at the railroad station by heavy woods, and the traveler 
passing through upon the train gets but a suggestion of its attract- 
iveness. The water is reached bv a broad road, from which laterals 



41 



lead both east and west. There are many attractive homes border- 
ing on them occupied by summer residents. The golf links are 
good and admirably laid out, the surrounding country affording 
ample space for this popular pastime. One of the historic places 
here is that which was formerly the home of General John A. Dix, 
who gave the patriotic order that "If any man attempts to haul 
down the American flag, shoot him on the spot !" The ancestral 
place is now the summer home of the General's son. Rev. Dr. 
Morgan Dix. 

Quogue, a well-known seat of summer society, is located upon 
the first undulations, which find their greatest altitude in the Shinne- 
cock Hills. It is a delightful country, with wide stretches of open 
space, and so near the ocean that bathing is easily the predominating 
enjoyment of the summer season. Among the traditions to which 
Ouogue clings tenaciously is that DeWitt Clinton and Daniel Webster 
used to spend their vacation days here, enjoying in the fullest degree 
the bathing and the fishing, with the attendant shore dinner. Hence 
it comes that fish dinners are in these modern days the popular thing 
at this charming little place by the sea. 

There is a large number of fine boarding-houses and small hotels 
at Ouogue, at which excellent board may be secured. It is a char- 
acteristic feature of this delightful place that those who have ever 
spent a summer here return on succeeding seasons. The golf links 
are fast obtaining an enviable reputation. Nature has been liberal 
if not prolific in its distribution hereabouts of such land as is par- 
ticularly adapted to this popular recreation. 

Good Ground is situated almost midway between Quogue on the 
west and Shinnecock Hills on the east, and, from its rather elevated 




THE SURF OFF LONG ISLAND SHORE. 
42 



location, commands a beautiful vien' of the ocean and at Shinnecock 
Bay — ^which lies to the east of Moriches Ba3^ and forms a part of the 
chain of inland waters between the ocean and the attractive main 
shore of Long Island. The famous Pon-Ouogiie lighthouse is at 
Good Ground. Its friendl}- light maj^ be seen reflecting clear across 
the beautiful Shinnecock Bay, the Great South Beach, and for a 
distance of twent5--two miles over the Atlantic Ocean. On a clear 
daj- the \-iew from this lighthouse is a^ most remarkable and memor- 
able one. Six \-isitors at one time may stand in the illuminating 
lamp. Admission to the lighthouse is free, and the keepers extend 
the greatest courtesy to visitors. 

The entire countr^'-side is essentially a land of Summer Homes. 
The private residences are surrounded by spacious grounds. On 




SHINNECOCK HILLS GOLF CLUE HOUSE. 



ever}- hand the charm and delight of a Long Island summer resort is 
prominently in evidence. The many superior hotels and excellent 
boarding-houses afford ample accommodation for visitors. 

Beyond Good Ground the engine tells by its puffing that it has 
reached the grade leading up to and among the Shinnecock Hills. 
Here is where the modern marine artist has erected his temple and 
brought his palette, for there are few spots anwhere which offer 
more tempting inspirations for the brush or pencil. To the north 
the ^-iew extends over the beautiful and sparkling Peconic Bay, which 
has split the island at its eastern end into two portions. To the 
south is the peaceful Shinnecock Ba)-, and be5"ond it, and separated 
from it by the low-tying bar, so narrow as to be hardly visible, is the 

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mighty ocean. Connecting the waters of Peconic and Shinnecock 
Bays is a canal, originally cut through the sand hills by the Indians 
more than two centuries ago. New York State during recent years 
has made this canal navigable for small boats. Upon the shore of 
the bay is an old inn of English pattern and furnishing, where com- 
fortable accommodations may be had. Near it is a tavern of ancient 
times but modern comforts, which has been a popular abiding place 

for a hundred years. 
There are growing in 
front of it two im- 
mense willows, grown 
from slips brought 
from St. Helena, and 
a notable exterior 
decoration is a colos- 
sal wooden statue of 
Hercules, the weather- 
worn figurehead of the 
famous old U. S. war- 
ship "Ohio." 

In the cemetery 
of a quaint little 
church nearby, in 
which he preached, is 
the grave of the last 
of the Indian mission- 
aries. Rev. Paul Cuf- 
fee, and not far away 
are the ruins of an 
old fort. 

Up to a compara- 
tively few years ago the 
Shinnecock Hills had 
not felt the touch of modern development, and reposed quietly and 
peacefully in the glories of their past. A company of enterprising 
gentlemen, recognizing the charm of their location and the health- 
fulness of such a spot, almost surrounded as it is by water, they pur- 
chased large areas of property and began to systematically develop 
and improve them. To-day there are several beautiful villas, and 
each season there gathers here a congenial coterie of summer visitors 




A RESIDENCE IN SOUTHAMPTON. 



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who find perpetual pleasure in the rare opportunities the place affords 
for all kinds of out-of-door life. Golf is a popular pastime, and the 
links are excellent. 

The railroad, after passing through the hills, descends again into 
the gentler scenery of Southampton, where the fields are broad and 
fertile. The impression that the region has long been tilled is not 
belied by its history, for it was first settled in 1640, and Job's Lane, 
still an avenue of travel, was opened in 1663. A number of the 
houses were built more than two centuries ago. 

Southampton bears upon its face so unmistakably the stamp of 
social approval that the most hurried glance shows that its claim to 
be one of the most popular and at the same time delightful resorts 
upon Long Island is well founded. 

Handsome villas and charming cottages owned by people 
prominent in the worlds of finance and art, give to Southampton 
a perpetual charm. Its sparkling little lake is surrounded by these 
homes of wealth and culture, which compare most favorably in 
architectural beauty with those at any resort in America. The 




THE LIBRARY AT SOUTHAMPTON. 
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price of land is as metropolitan as the general atmosphere of the 
place, and as a location for people of social instincts and wealth 
it is ideal. Among its notable features is the commodious home 
of the Hampton Club. There is at Southampton a number 
of comfortable boarding-houses, where those who do not possess 
their own villas may enjoy the summer life to the fullest degree. 
The town is not without its old-time heroes, for it was a South- 
ampton whaler, Mercator Cooper, who, by returning a crew of 
shipwrecked Japanese sailors to their native home, first invited 
the friendship of Japan, and made it the easier for Commodore 
Perry to succeed in opening the ports of that country to Ameri- 
can shipping. Many of the old sailors who were formerly engaged 







AN AVENUE IN SOL-THAMPTON. 



in whaling still live in Southampton, and are ready to serve the 
visitors in their sailing and fishing excursions. 

Beyond Southampton, and the only place between it and Bridge- 
hampton, is the quiet little resort of Watermill, situated close to 
an arm of Mecox Bay, and ofifering, because of its ideal location, 
many inducements to the summer home-seeker and artist. 

On high land overlooking Mecox Bay and the ocean is "The 
Mecox Inn" at Watermill, a new and well-equipped hotel, accom- 
modating loo guests. It is modern in every respect, fitted through- 
out with gas and electric bells, and the rooms are large with 
commodious closets. The table and service are first-class in every 
respect. 



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■IPW iI«!,iiipiK!il«iQ|. 1^^ j'ii^; 



MECOX INN AT WATERMILL. 

Bridgehampton is a vigorous old-time village, with white churches, 
vine-embowered cottages, and an ancient windmill, one of a large 
number of similar constructions which are still "attending to busi- 
ness at the old stand" on the eastern end of Long Island. Its 
population is busily engaged in its farming and fishing, but the 
summer residents will find a cordial welcome awaiting them, and 




A RURAL HOME AT WATER MILL. 
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most excellent accommodations in the several hotels and comfort- 
able houses which are open for their reception. There is here a 
good public library and a number of churches. 

At Bridgehampton the south shore line of the railroad forms a 
Y, one line turning almost due north and terminating at Sag Har- 
bor on Peconic Bay, and the other continuing east to :\Iontauk 
almost at the tip end of the island. 

Sag Harbor is going down in American maritime history along 
with Nantucket and Portsmouth, for with them it divided honors 
during the 3-ears when whaling was one of the foremost of our 
coast industries. In appearance it is the Nantucket of Long Island, 
and clings tenaciously to the quaint old customs and habits of a 
centur)- ago, when, as man-elous as the statement may seem, the 
tonnage of its harbor was as great as that of New York, and its 
income from the whale fisher)' alone was more than a million dollars 
a year. Its harbor used to be filled with sailing vessels of the 
staunchest type, and its village life gay with the coming and going 
of hardy seafaring men. The town has assumed, despite its antiquity, 
considerable of that which is modern, and has gas, water-works, 
attractive churches, and excellent schools, including a convent school 
o( more than local fame. Sag Harbor is a place of considerable 
importance in the manufacturing line, one of the largest watch-case 
and silverware factories in America being located here. It was here 
that the magnificent silver ser\-ice presented to the U. S. cruiser 
" Brooklj'n " was made. 

A hunting and fishing club has established itself upon the neigh- 
boring shores of Peconic Bay, and here and there are numerous 
modern summer homes, with delightful surroundings of lawn and 
shade. Taken in its entirety. Sag Harbor offers as many and as 
varied attractions as any place to be named within equal distance of 
New York. 

Continuing east from Bridgehampton, Wainscott station is 
reached, which is a mile and a half from the ancient hamlet of that 
name. Whether its natives are more fishermen than farmers is 
questionable ; but they certainly rival the Amagansett folk, east- 
ward, in their love of whale catching. Some of them have descended 
from the thirt3--five original purchasers of Easthampton township in 
1649, and still live upon the land of their forefathers. Wainscott 
Pond (a pickerel pond of much local reputej and Georgica Lake, 
which is just eastward, are certainly the most picturesque of Long 

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OLD WINDMILLS IN THE EAST END OF LONG ISLAND 



Island ponds, and next to Mecox, the largest. The facilities afforded 
here for sailing and fresh-water bathing, and the proximity of the 
ocean, which is separated from the lake only by a strip of sandy 
beach one-half mile long and a biscuit toss in width, give it every 
advantage of location. There is perfect freedom from irksome con- 
ventionalities and causes of ill-health. Its excellent facilities for 
tennis, golf, and other forms of sport make this one of the most 
delightful spots on Long Island. 

There are a half-score or more of picturesque cottages located in 
the most attractive places and occupied during the summer season 




THE HOWARD PAYNE HOUSE, EASTHAMPTOX. 

by their owners, who are among the best known of New York and 
Brooklyn's professional and business men. 

Leaving Wainscott and traveling four miles to the east we reach 
Easthampton. 

Every ear in Christendom has heard the tender strains of "Home, 
Sweet Home," but there are comparatively few who know that its 
author, John Howard Payne, was born in this quiet little village. 
It was back to this peaceful, beautiful town that the thought of the 
wandering poet was ever turning, and it was a quaint old house, still 
standing, that became the theme of his world-circling song. To the 

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sight-seeing tourist or the sojourner in Easthampton, this plain 
above, "ever so humble," is one of the chief sights of interest. 
Idealized by a poet's fancy, the bareness of the faded reality cannot 
wholly dispel the glamour of sentiment surrounding this weather- 
beaten dwelling. To myriads of the sons of men in every land and 
of every tongue, it has stood for home. It was in Easthampton, too, 
that Lyman Beecher long resided. Among others whose home or 
birthplace it has been are Lion Gardiner, one of the first settlers, 
whose tomb is surmounted by a knight in armor recumbent; John 
Alexander Tyler, Roscoe Conkling, Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, and 
Thomas Moran, the painter of Western scenery. 



m^"^'i 




AN OLD WINDMILL AT EASTHAMPTON. 

The main street of the town, lined with splendid old trees is 
over one hundred and thirty feet wide, and the beach, facing the 
open sea, is one of the finest on the Atlantic coast. It was here, so 
the legend runs, that Europeans landed and reconnoitered long 
before the Pilgrim feet touched Plymouth Rock ; and the actual 
settlement was one of the earliest in this region. Here are found 
to-day many picturesque legacies of this old time. Among them 
are three Dutch windmills, with quaint arms, giving to the landscape 
a touch of Holland ; a sunken pool, where the will-o'-the-wisp is said 
to still have its haunt; an old burying ground, under whose hoary 
stones the "fathers of the hamlet sleep" ; and an ancient seat of 
learning, Clinton Academy, through whose old-fashioned-roof, 

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dormer windows peer curiously. But Easthampton, like many places 
of historic interest, lives not so much in the past as in the present day. 
It is the delightful home town of a refined society, and the invigora- 
ting pleasures it offers for summer residence make it a haven for 
those seeking escape from the city's heat and stress. There have 
been built in recent years many handsome summer homes at East- 
hampton, and each year sees the building of a number of modern 
country cottages. Golf playing has here become very popular, and 
at no point on Long Island are the natural facilities more pronounced 




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ffe 



'* ■*e'^1 



MAIDSTUiNE CLUB, EASTHAMFTON. 

than at Easthampton. With the ever-cooling breezes from the 
ocean on one hand and the undulating country on the other, this 
royal sport is greatly enjoyed. The Maidstone Clubhouse is a 
model of arrangement and convenience. 

The pretty village of Amagansett lies a little to the east. It is 
surrounded by a rich farming' region, and itself embodies the placid 
spirit of its pastoral environs. 

Continuing east, the terminus of the railv/ay is reached at 
Montauk, on the waters of Fort Pond Bay. Beyond the hamlet 
is the long, open peninsula of Montauk Point, rising to a height 
above the sea of from fifty to one hundred feet. Its surface is 
rolling, and in the hollows are many quiet ponds on whose bosoms 
lily-pads float. Toward ithe ocean the. hills become cliffs of gravel, 




ON MONTAUK. 

often from ninety to a hundred feet in height, rising straight up from 
the sea. On this steep shore many a good ship has gone down, 
notwithstanding the warnings that gleam from the Hghthouse ; but 
there has been only a small loss of life, owing to the efficiency of the 
life-saving station located here. Until a few years ago there were 
but three houses on the long twenty mile stretch from Amagansett 
to the Point, but before many seasons have passed it will doubtless 




THE HILLS AT MONTAUK. 

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be well settled. The sand dunes, the hills, the roving cattle, ttie 
unending ocean — there is a tonic in it all, exhilarating alike to mind 
and body. Looking out over the v/aters, one sees the lands beyond 
them, rich in the lore of the ages. Rolling behind are the land 
waves of the undulating Point, lonely, dreamy. One seems to be at 
a joining, in some mystical union, of the land and the sea; the 
ethereal ocean stretches abo^-e, flecked with Island clouds ; the air is 
a blending of salt and balm, both bracing and soothing; it is in such 
a setting of .sea and sky, land and breeze, that those find themselves 




lra.'2jta»*' 



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■who -'" - - for their samrcer outing to Montaiak Point, where Lorsg 
Isk: ;; into the Atlantic. 

ilonta-ak — famous Mont<r-::k — ?;. haven of rest and recuperation 

' - " ' 'obie of the land ! After the close of the late war the army 

, . selected Montamk from all the magnificent cc/ast line of 

America as the ideal camping ground upon which to build up our 

over ' ' ' ;t warriors. Here in less than thirty days was 

i^-'-; thousand soldiers, including -se^'eral regiments 

of ca-a.r}-, accomr>anfed b}' their horses and implements of war, 

^ ',iois Fort Pond Bay at ilontauk suddenly became the sceie 

; irreatest activity : for in place of fishing boats, floating or 



drifting, with their lazy sails floating out to catch the breeze, the bay- 
was filled quickly with United States war vessels flying the Stars and 
Stripes, and transports hurrying from Cuba with their precious 
cargoes of invalids ; all energy, all rush, all hurry to only get ashore 
to the Mecca of rest, the land of promise — beautiful Montauk. 

At the extreme end of the island stands the tall, white tower of 
the Montauk Point Lighthouse. Its powerful Fresnel light, a gift of 
the French government, can throw its rays twenty miles out to sea 
on the darkest nights. 

Hovering over this lonely coast are many legends of Indian 
and pirate. Of course, the famous Captain Kidd, "as he sailed," 
couldn't avoid stopping on Montauk, and the bags of treasure, 
captured on the Spanish Main, which he is supposed to have sunk in 




THE INN AT MONTAUK. 

one of the patches of water, have given to it the name of Money 
Pond. It was here on the point that the famous old chief of the 
Montauks, Wyandance, had the seat of his aboriginal government. 
There is more than legend in support of this, as the remains of his 
settlement may still be seen. The Montauks were firm friends of 
the whites, especially of Lion Gardiner, in whom they had steadfast 
confidence. Their loyal good-will was a great boon to the early 
settlers, a fact which may have had something to do in the handing 
down of traditions attributing to the Indians' marvelous power over 
the genii of the air and water. 

It is surely no idle fancy to say that such abundance of tradition, 
always an alluring field of exploration, such wealth of scenery and 

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such abounding opportunities to have rest and recreation, now that 
the Long Island Railroad has made them accessible, will make of 
Montauk Point summer resorts. For building sites these hills, 
looking in each direction on the ocean, are unsurpassed. They 
command not merely view, but health, for the air has the vim of the 
sea's salt in it, the water is cool and pure, and the drainage is perfect. 
Tucked in here and there under the hills are safe harbors for all 
manner of pleasure craft. Indeed, now that distance has been 
changed by the railroad from many miles to a few hours, there is 
nothing lacking at Montauk to make of it one of the great resorts of 
the Atlantic coast. That is, nothing is lacking which man, drawn 
to the Point by its manifold advantages, will not very shortly 
supply. Hotels and cottages are following fast in the track of the 
railroad, and they will have to multiply themselves to keep pace 
with the increasing population. The new Montauk Inn affords 
ample accommodation for transient guests. 





SUBURBAN TOWNS 

'INCE January i, 1898, a considerable portion of 
Greater New York, both as regards population 
and territory, has been on Long Island. It has 
come about, therefore, that many towns which 
have hitherto been suburbs are now included in 
the great Metropolis. But this fact has not 
deprived them of their rural beauties. They still dot the green 
stretches of Long Island, an air of peaceful comfort and domesticity 
investing them. Their inhabitants have the consciousness of 
dwelling in the city while enjoying country life. 

Passing through the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on the 
Long Island Railroad, one soon reaches Morris Park and Richmond 
Hill, on the way to Jamaica. These towns are especially adapted 
for the homes of those whose means are moderate, and whose 
families require room to grow in. The schools are excellent, and 
the social life wholesome. These advantages are combined with 
accessibility to one's place of business. Morris Park is a pretty 
place, in which the price of lots is still reasonable. Richmond Hill, 
just beyond, is somewhat older, and its broad streets, well-kept 
lawns, and comfortable homes unite in giving a most favorable 
impression to even a casual visitor. These charms are more 
manifest the longer one tarries, and they have bound a growing 
population to the pleasant town in most loyal fealty. The location 
is sufficiently elevated to give excellent drainage and a fine view of 
the surrounding country. Richmond Hill has superb golf links, and 
the game is exceedingly popular and largely played here. A hurried 
glance at these charming hamlets, even from a car window, discovers 
abundant reasons for their rapid growth. 

Jamaica, settled in 1656, is a happy blending of the old and new. 
With many interesting survivals of its early days, it possesses an old- 
time background, which throws into strong relief such modern 
conveniences as electric lights, gas, local surface cars, and very 
frequent train service. The town's dominant note is stability. 
Without lacking in progress, it still appears settled and finished. 
Jamaica is the railroad center of Long Island. It is the hub through 
which lines radiate from Brooklyn and from Long Island City to the 

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main and southern divisions, and to Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, 
Greenport and Sag Harbor, and Montauk. About it are the 
material evidences of the railroad center, such as shops, sheds, and 
the like. The town is rapidly increasing in population, having now 
over 7,000 inhabitants. That ephemeral prominence long since gave 
way to the substantial prosperity of this era of homes and railroads. 

Traveling east from Jamaica, one comes to the pretty town of 
Hollis. Its pleasant dwellings are surrounded by generous yards, 
gay with the bloom of many flowers. There is a satisfactory variety 
in the architecture, the Queen Anne style sharing honors with the 
Colonial and the modern. The founders of the town were far- 
sighted enough to plant many trees, which have now reached a 




SHOOTING AT CREEDMOOR. 

stalwart size, giving to the broad driveways a grateful shade. From 
the ridge to the north of Hollis a splendid view is afforded, embracing 
sea and land, farm and city, the hills of Jersey far away touching the 
sky on the western horizon. 

Interstate Park is one of the many recent additions to the 
attractions of Long Island. The recent National shooting contests 
were held here. Owing to its natural advantages for matches, it has 
attracted within its borders the most enthusiastic riflemen of the 
country. At the recent International contest competitors from 

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California, Texas, Mexico and Canada assembled here to struggle for 
the great continental trophy— the championship of the continent. 

The clubhouse now completed is the rendezvous of the champion 
riflie sportsmen of the continent during these contests. 

Built on a rolling plain, a little farther on, is Queens, named for 
the county in which it is situated. It is a quiet, home-like village, 
whose old church, standing among tall cedars, with the encircling 
fields, combines to produce the effect of a quaint English hamlet. 
The good air here gives a keen edge to one's appetite, and the 
charming environs offer constant invitations to trips afoot or awheel. 
Long hills stretch across the north, forming the backbone of the 
island. There is a look half suggesting Holland in much of the 
landscape. There are gardens, the grazing cattle and the windmills. 
At Creedmoor, to the north, are the rifle ranges where the great 
international competitions are held. The name of the town is. 
coupled with rifle records the world over. 

From rifles one shifts to roses in the next village, Floral Park, 
which is known far and near for the seeds and flowers that go from 
it. It was given new life by John Lewis Childs when he located his 
nurseries and greenhouses here. So successful has been the raising 
of seeds that the business has spread over the town to the exclusion 
of nearly all other enterprises. Every condition of soil and climate 
favors, and there seems to be no good reason why the raising of 
flowers, as well as seeds, cannot be carried on to the point wherfe 
the city's great demand can be almost wholly supplied. The little 
park whence the town gets its name, reached just before the station, 
IS a thing of beauty when all abloom during the summer. From an 
observatory in it one can look over this great seed and fliower farm, 
for such it is, and see the fine houses and cottages that dot it. " ' 

The fertile township of Hempstead, large enough for a county, 
begins here with attractive Garden City. This town is the See 
city of the Diocese of Long Island, and was founded by the late 
A. T. Stewart. It is a religious, educational, and social center. 
Grouped about the beautiful Cathedral are a number of schools, 
including the famous St. Paul's school for boys, endowed and erected 
by Mrs. A. T. Stewart, as a memorial to her husband. It is a 
splendid building, and from it through the trees the tall spire of the 
Cathedral is seen, exquisite in its Gothic beauty. Here is also located 
St. Mary's school for young ladies. The attractions of the town 
have drawn to it many people of wealth, whose homes make a rich 




THE NEW GAKUEM CITY HOTEL. 



setting for the religious and educational institutions of which it is the 
seat. The Cathedral is the Stewart family mausoleum. Its ecclesi- 
astical importance, together with the impressive beauty of its service 
and music, draw to it worshippers from a large area, as far even as 
New York and Brooklyn. Two years ago the original " Garden City 
Hotel " was completely destroyed by fire. In its place has since been 
erected one of the most convenient and superbly appointed hotels in 
the east. 

In it are embraced all the attractions of the old as well as the 
many improvements necessary to a modern, first class-hotel. To 
one who may have the good fortune to dwell amid these surround- 
ings the new magnificent " Garden City Hotel " offers every accessory 
of comfort. This hotel is the social center of Garden City. With 
its baths, swimming pool, elevators, smoking and billiard rooms, 
steam heat, open fire-places and running water, nothing is lacking 
for one's real enjoyment. Garden City, among other attractions, is 
the home of the Carteret Gun Club, a popular social, sportsmen's 
association. 

The Garden City Golf Club stands to-day in the front rank of 
associations. Neither money nor time is spared to maintain the high 
standard attained. 

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The old and the new are strikingly united in Hempstead, a mile 
or so farther on. Its history dates back to the Revolution and 
beyond, for the Episcopal Church possesses a communion service 
which was presented to it by Queen Anne. During the Revolution 
the red-coats occupied the town, and the hotel where Washington 
stayed, the old Town Hall, and some of the first houses are still 
standing. The very button -ball trees shading its pleasant streets 
are one hundred and fifty years old. 

But the march of modern improvement has not passed old 
Hempstead by. It possesses the usual comforts of a latter-day 
town, and one may see the historic houses by brilliant electric lights 
from the smoothest of macadamized roadways. The society is of 
the best, and many fine homes have been erected here by well- 




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POLO AT MEADOWBROOK. 



known financial men of New York City. Nearby is the Meadowbrook 
Hunt Club. Their meets and hunts are celebrated among the 
gentlemen sportsmen of the entire continent. 

The first railroad on the island ran to Hempstead over sixty 
years ago, and later the line was extended to Greenport. The main 
line and southern division of the Long Island road are joined by 
a line running from Garden City to Valley Stream, on which are 
located West Hempstead, Hempstead Gardens, and Norwood. 

At the outbreak of the late war, and about two miles northward 
from Hempstead, was established the immense Camp Black, so 
named in honor of the Governor of the State. Here, in training, 
were several thousand men — infantry, artillery, and cavalry. 

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The location upon which Camp Black was established was 
selected at the commencement of the war (as was Camp Wikoff at 
Montauk at the cessation of hostilities) because of its splendid loca- 
tion, its high and dry lands and undulating surface. 

It would be very difficult to find a greater tribute to the general 
and specific healthfulness of Long Island than that paid by the 
United States Government in the selecting of both ends of the 
island for the mobilization and recuperation of her troops. 





THE CENTRAL SECTION. 

)HE central section of Long Island is also within the 
zone of accessibility to the city. While the time 
required to reach it is, of course, longer than with 
the towns grouped about Jamaica, it is not long 
enough by any means to serve as a bar to this 
region's becoming a popular place of suburban 
residence. Its advantages of open country and pure air have already 
won as permanent residents many men who do business in New York 
and Brooklyn. As the area of crowded population is inevitably 
extended farther into the island, these advantages will be more fully 
appreciated. 

Hyde Park, on the main line, east of Jamaica, is a growing town 
of well-built modern houses, with fertile stretches of farm land sur- 
rounding it, 

Mineola, a little further on, the county seat of the new Nassau 
County, is especially noted for its agricultural fairs, held every 
spring and autumn. At these fairs there is always a line show of the 
rich bounties of Nassau County and Queens Borough farms and much 
fine-blooded stock. It is the country supporting this fair that long 
ago gave Long Island a good name for its farm products. 

In the slightly rolling region beyond is the pleasant little town of 
Westbury, known as the home of many prominent New Yorkers. 
On the edge of the hills are a number of handsome homes and club- 




LONG ISLAND PRODUCTS. 



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houses. The lands about are good to till, to tramp over, or just to 
own for the satisfaction that comes through a constant increase in 
value. The rolling, hilly nature of the land hereabouts has made 
Westbury very popular as a golfing center. 

Hicksville has been worked over by the spirit of change and 
improvement. Its factories have been enlarged in number and out- 
put. Their prosperity has been reflected in many new cottages built 
for their workmen. There is a thriving aspect about the town, and 
one has a feeling of solid comfort in looking down the shady vista of 
its wide, clean main street. 




A WOODLAND ROAD. 

Where the air smells sweet from the fragrance of a young pine 
wood, you come upon Central Park. Though but a little town, it 
has a bright, clean look, and its roads, leading out over leagues of 
level farm land, are a joy to ride upon. 

Farmingdale, less than thirty miles from Broadway, New York 
enjoys a most charming situation. With high hills on the north, 
churches, public schools. School of Technology, brick yards and fac- 
tories, it has a pleasant and healthful surrounding, with fine mac- 
adamized drives, and is one of the growing villages. Farther on are 



the Comae Hills, among which is West Deer Park and Deer Park. 
Here the woods thicken and the trees grow taller. Nearby are some 
springs of medicinal value. Systematic development of large areas 
of its land is being carried on by a company that is alert to the 
possibilities of the place. 

Brentwood brings one farther within the pine belt. It is an 
excellent health resort. The fresh sea breezes passing over the conifers 
absorb an elixir that brightens and invigorates. 

The woods are interspersed with farms, gardens, and nurseries. 
In the town is located an academy for young ladies, conducted by the 
Sisters of St. Joseph. 

Central Islip is also in the pine belt. The prevailing conditions 
— pure air, clear water and abundance of ozone, all in the midst of a 
great pine belt, make this district a most favorable place for residence. 
Central Islip, with its attractive homes, good schools and fine 
churches, gives evidence of the high character of its inhabitants. 

Passing a bit of fenland, an unusual thing to see in this part of 
Long Island, one comes to the village of the pretty Indian name, Ron- 
konkoma. It is scattered over a long stretch, largely of farms, 
reaching to Holtsville, a place partly owned by the Waverly Gun 
Club. The farms here are marked by the idyllic simplicity of the 
long ago. Near the doors of little red or white houses, "iron-bound 
buckets hang in the well." 

One of the real beauty spots of Long Island is Lake Ronkon- 
koma, a little way north of the village of the same name. The sheen 
of its limpid surface sparkles like the eyes of an Indian maiden. 
Fed by springs at the bottom, its waters are as pure as they are clear. 
The lake is about three miles around, and its shores form the shape 
of a pear. In places it is over sixty feet deep. As a shady fringe 
around it are many trees, and clustered about are a number of cot- 
tages. Along the beach, of white sand a road runs, and the view 
from it over the crystal face of the lake is beautiful. This is the 
largest and finest body of fresh water on Long Island. It is fifty-five 
feet above sea level. 

Through some mystery of nature it has periods of ebb and flood, 
but these are not coincident with the tides or by any possibility con- 
nected with them. In the darkling depths, bass, catfish, and perch 
disport themselves. Floating now and again over its bosom, as if 
calling its Indian name, are the sounds of bells from St. Mary's-by- 
the-Lake, and from other steeples. A legend has it that a phantom 

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NEAR RIVERHEAD. 



canoe now and again glides noiselessly over the waters bearing an 
Indian girl, love-lorn, and in search of the young brave to whom she 
has given her heart. With the dawn her birch-bark boat skims away 
into the ether, and the sun looks down into the mirror face of Ron- 
konkoma. 

Among wide stretches of plain and forest, beyond the lake is the 
town of Medford. Any one longing for "a lodge in some vast wil- 
derness " can find it in this region. The town with its first syllable 
indicating midway, is very nearly at the middle point of the island, 
east and west. 

One of the queerest names to be found, Yaphank, is the bit of 
nomenclature to which the next town answers from out its setting of 
green fields and fine old woods. It is such a setting and such an 
atmosphere as an artist will travel far to find. 

Great fens lie round about Manor, at which point the main and 
south lines of the Long Island Railroad connect, and the Peconic 
River flows nearby on its eastward course toward great Peconic Bay. 
-1 Farms and forest contend for supremacy at Calverton, which is 
also near the river. Strawberries, cauliflower, and potatoes are raised 
here. A few years ago cranberries were also introduced to the terri- 

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toiy lying between here and Riverhead. The natural facilities are so 
excellent for the propagation of this delicious berry that the cele- 
brated Cape Cod berry no longer holds pre-eminence, excepting in 
quantity. No finer cranberry is produced in the markets of the 
United States than those grown in the neighborhood of Calverton 
and Riverhead. The element of picturesqueness is contributed by 
the hilly surface and the woods, where dark green pines and silvery 
white-stemmed birches grow. 

Riverhead contains about three thousand people, a population 
much augmented during a part of the year by the summer contingent. 
It is a pleasant, thrifty place. Views from high places about River- 
head embrace not alone the undulating country, but the bright waters 
of the Atlantic in one direction about an hour's drive from town, and 
Peconic Bay in another. The bay and the river are navigable up to 
this point for small craft. Stores, lumber yards, mills, and a cigar 
factory provide business. Riverhead has a watering place, too — at 
Flanders, about two miles away. Fishing, shooting, boating and 
bathing are greatly enjoyed. There is also a body of water near the 
town with the romantic name of Wildwood Lake. 




MAIN STREET, RIVERHEAD. 



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ALONG PECONIC BAY 

\LONG the always beautiful and picturesque 
Peconic Bay are a number of towns and villages. 
The fine climate, good roads, and general at- 
tractions have made them prime favorites with 
summer visitors. The bay itself is a beautiful 
body of salt water, on whose placid bosom all 
manner of pleasure craft may be seen during the warm months, 
bearing happy groups of care-free folk. They sail or row over the 
blue waters in land-locked security from the rollers of the open 
sea. If they wish to take a dip, good beaches offer the alluring 
opportunity. 





SUMMER CAMP ON PECONIC BAY. 

On the north side of the bay, after leaving Riverhead, one soon 
comes to the town of Aquebogue, a name admirably descriptive, for 
water and bog make up the bay-front side. The Saxon half of the 
name and the sedgy fiats about the town suggest the marshes of 
Runnymede, where the barons wrested the Magna Charta from 
King John 

The land rises as one reaches Jamesport, and here are hills 
crowned with old churches and pleasant homes. This town has 

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ON THE SOUND SHORE NEAR SOUTHOLD. 

become so popular for a suminer holiday that the difficulty some- 
times met with is getting accommodations, a fact that has served 
as a stimulus in the erection of many cottages. 

Laurel is a pretty village, "at peace with all the world." Con- 
tentment exhales from it as a fragrance, and it always has a colony 
of summer residents. 

A little way down the narrow Italy-shaped peninsula into which 
the north side of Long Island is here tapering is the pretty village of 
Mattituck. Both to the north and to the south it has fine water 
advantages. Having comfortable and hospitable farmhouses for the 
entertainment of visitors, it has won deserved repute as a place of 
summer outing. One of the diversions of those sojourning here is 
found in a little creek flowing toward the Sound and abounding 
in crabs. 

"Just sneeze and you pronounce it." That is a remark the 
writer overheard as descriptive of the name Cutchogue. But this 
description is suggestive in ways other than phonetically. A sneeze 
is apt to result from too much oxygen, and in the air that blows 
fresh from the water over sightly Cutchogue, and its neighbor, New 
Suffolk, oxygen is abundant. Good air and a fine view are not the 

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only advantages of this pleasing resort. It has one of the best roads 
in America, the long, straight highway leading from Riverhead to 
Orient. But good roads on Long Island, it should be said, are the 
rule. Every natural advantage in surface and soil helps their con- 
struction and maintenance. The drainage is good, the grades 
seldom steep, and there is plenty of land to give the roads needed 
width. As a result these highways between verdant stretches of 
farm land, in the shade of noble trees, by the shores of shining 
lakes, and in sight often of the mighty sea, offer a perpetual invita- 
tion to walking, cycling, and driving. 

One's first impression of Peconic, formed from a glance down its 




THE BOATHOUSE, EAST MARION LAKE. 

broad, shaded street, is favorable, and closer acquaintance with the 
old town confirms this impression. Southold, a few miles east, lays 
claim to antiquity in its name, and points to the fact proudly that its 
first settlers secured a concession from the Indians and formed a 
church as early as 1640. There is a contention between Southold 
and Southampton, across the bay, as to which is the older. In 
August, 1890, Southold celebrated, with much ceremony, the two 
hundreth and fiftieth anniversary of its founding. The town has a 
center where the stores, schools, and churches are grouped, and 
about it the houses are scattered widely. Whichever way the wind 
may blow the old place is fanned by a sea breeze. In this fact 
summer antiquarians profess to have found a reason for the great age 
of some of the inhabitants, a few of whom, it is claimed, antedate 
the founding of the place. 

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fourneving' to the very end of the main line of the Long Island 
Railroad one reaches the progressive and interesting town of Green- 
port. It has over 3000 inhabitants, and is both a resort and an 
important business center. Steamers ply between Sag Harbor and 
Greenport and New London, Conn. Within the safe haven of its 
harbor a mighty fleet could find anchorage. The boating, sailing, 
fishing and shooting here are excellent, and many pleasant trips may 
be made awheel, afloat, or afoot. The view one gets from a blufi' 
north of the town is expansive and exhilarating. Dancing in the 
sunlight are the waters of the Sound stretching away to the green 
shores of Connecticut ; to the south lies Peconic Bay, a glittering- 
sapphire set between the green heights of Shelter Island and the trees 
of Greenport, with spire and roof peering through them ; to east and 
west the eye travels over water to the far horizon. 

This north prong of Long Island pushes on from Greenport, 
beyond the pretty villages of East Marion and Orient, always 
attractive to summer visitors, to its end at Orient Point. Here the 
land, which has been gradually becoming narrower, dips into the sea. 




MARION LAKE, EAST MARION. 



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^y / ''"^'''" 'Jl'' '-'-' '-^"- pnrsent it has fiilfUlcd its name. 
i^ '''^6^ ' "(fA'^'^ '" '■^"' '"'"'^ man's qii;iint plirasc, it was "the 
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he r oiilc] j^et liis rii.noe within any of the fia.rhors alon^^ its eoast h'; 
woulfi be safe, lint the islan'i difi not j^et its name from tlie ItKlian's 
phrase, l^ut from the faet that some Quakers, exiled by the Puritans, 
and wanderinj^, heart-siek and weary, in seareh of a refu^^e, here 
found a shelter, under the protef;tin,L^ arm of the tolerant Nathaniel 
Sylvester. To these (Quakers it was a " roek in a. weary land, atirl a 
shelter in the time of storm"; and in j/ratitude for the haven they 
bequeathed to it the name of Shelter. Sylvester was enj/apjed in the 
suj^ar trade in the West Indies when he aeted tfie part of [matron to 
the friendless l-Viends, and permitted their founder, Geor;/e J'ox, to 
preach from the front steps of his manor-house. This structure, the 
center of much gaiety and hospitality, was built of bricks [wrought over 
from Holland, with queer biblical tiles for the chimneys, and witfj 
windows and doors from P>ngland or l>arbadoes. The prim floral 
denizens of the old-fashionf;d garden were immigrants, too, and to 
thi.s day a flourishing boxtree and a hav,'thf;rn liedge attest the loving 
care of the first lords of the manor. 'Jhe surrounding woods were 
cut away to furnish timber for liogsheads used in the sugar trade, 
The present manor-house, almost on the site of the original one. 
belongs to a later day, yet it is over one hundred years old. ft was 
the summer residence of the late Professor Hosford, of Jfarvard, and 
with his co-operation a nionurnent was erected commemorating the 
landing of those early fJuakers. These were not the only exiles to 
whom Sylvester extended a brotherly hand. When the uncompro- 
mising Puritans had imprisoned, whipped and banished f^av/rence and 
Cassandra Southwick from Boston because of their faith, these 
unfortunates also found a refuge in Shelter Island, where they passf;d 
the rest of their lives with the kindly inhabitants. Shelter Island 
to-day maintains its right to the ancient name, though in a different, 
end-of-the-century way. Now it is the haven of many harassed, 
toil-driven, heat-oppre.ssed business men. Here is found in hotel or 
cottage a place of comfort or rest. The irregular shore, diversified 
surfaces, and fine beaches of the island help make it attractive. 



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Boating and bathing are enjoyed. The beautifully situated Manhan- 
set House affords accommodations for six hundred people, and has a 
splendid frontage of seven hundred and twenty-five feet on the 
water. Handsome and well appointed, it is justly popular. The 
Shelter Island Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club each has its 
own house here. The Prospect House is one of the best-known and 
best-liked hotels in this region, and is situated at Shelter Island 
Heights. Here the Shelter Island Association, organized to build 
cottages and improve the real estate of the Heights, has obtained a 
supply of pure spring water for the houses, laid out roads and paths, 
and established restrictions for the community's well-being, The 
popular Shelter Island Golf Links are located here. The game is 
largely played, and during the whole season presents probably more 
animation and enthusiasm than any other golf links on the island. 
Summer visitors to Shelter Island are constant players, and the links 
being so extensive that the game is here played in its full vigor. 

West of Shelter Island, farther out in the bay, is Rob'in's Island, 
famous for hunting and fishing, and owned by the Robin's Island 
Gun Club. The first man of English birth who settled in New York 
State had the good judgment to select for his home an island in this 
vicinity. He purchased from the Indians, in 1639, Gardiner's Island, 
as it is now called, from the name of its first white owner. It is still 
in the possession of a member of the Gardiner family, and has about 
one hundred inhabitants, who are engaged in the maintenance of the 
estate, and in farming, gardening, and stock raising. Gardiner's 
Island and Block Island both lie east of Shelter Island, and well out 
to sea. The surrounding waters have for years been the manceuver- 
ing grounds of the Naval Reserve forces, which adds to their 

attractions. 

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ALONG THE NORTH SHORE 

)NE of the choicest bits of shore on the American 
continent is that section of Long Island termed 
the North Shore. It has a rich diversity of bluff 
and woodland along the water-front, and recedes 
into beautiful meadows and a fertile farming 
country, broken by long arms and deep bays of the 
Sound. The topography is wholly different from that of either the 
central section or the South Shore, and offers the summer resident 
a diversified region, in which the attractions of both water and 
woodland are dominant features. The many bays which indent the 
irregular shore-line offer not only desirable sites for cottage homes, 
as well as costly villas and great estates, but afford the best facilities 
for yachting, rowing, and fishing. 

The Long Island Railroad reaches practically all the chief places 
on the North Shore, and through the fine local and express train 
service brings them into convenient and close touch with New York. 
This division of the road, starting at Long Island City, touches 
Woodside, which is a thriving, modern, all-alive town. Near at 
hand is Winfield, rapidly growing into prominence because of its 
accessibility for those doing business in New York and Brooklyn 
and desiring rural homes close to the mart of commerce. The 
building contractor has been on the scene for some time past, and a 
number of pretty cottages are always in process of erection. 

Elmhurst (formerly Newtown,) is one of the old villages and 
presents many points of interest to those who value the history 
and associations which attach to it. Its Episcopal church has the 
memories of a century. The foundations were laid before Washing- 
ton crossed the Delaware, and it is yet a staunch and sturdy place of 
worship. Its congregation was patriotic too. It was English in 
creed, but American in sentiment, from the good clergyman who 
prayed for the success of the Continental forces before the battle of 
Long Island, to its humblest worshipper, who fought boldly against 
the Hessians in that memorable struggle. Washington himself 
worshipped in this church, and the ill-fated Andre attended service 
there shortly before he paid the penalty of war for the treachery for 
which Benedict Arnold should have suffered. 

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Corona, a little further beyond, is the permanent residence of 
very many of New York's business men, and is a growing and 
popular town. The country roads all about are as smooth as asphalt 
and the cyclist finds upon them unceasing delight. There are 
charming drives, also, and many a happy couple have plighted a 
lasting troth in the moonlight of this refreshing region. 

The town of Flushing is the largest and most important on this 
branch of the railroad. It is a residence town par excellence. It has a 
population of fourteen thousand people, the most of whom do 
business in New York City. Some of its homes are admirable 
specimens of the ideal country house, sitting back in wide lawns 
filled with stately trees. There is a stability about the place which 
is typical of the substantial Long Island town; the churches are 
massive and imposing, and the school facilities as good as can be 
found anywhere, and many weahhy people live there the year through. 
Neither is Flushing behind the age in its out-of-door sports, and 
recently fine golf links have been laid out and are proving immensely 
popular. 

The residences of Flushing extend at intervals along the avenues 
clear to College Point, a town distant about one mile. 

Whitestone, on the East River, next to College Point, has an 
unobstructed view of the marine procession in and out of the 
Sound. 

East of Flushing is Bayside, vying with the others for promi- 
nence as a residence resort, and boasting the same attractive 
surroundings. 

One of the most enjoyable sports for wheelmen is a run from 
Bayside to Fort Willett's Point. The roads are broad, and well 
kept, thus making wheeling one of the joys of life. 

Some of the residences around Bayside are very tastefully built. 
Splendid lawns lend grace to the homes, and the roadside is lined 
with magnificent trees entirely overshadowing the sidewalk. The 
golf links, extending from Bayside almost to Douglaston, are the 
equal of any links in the country. The topography of the land along 
this division of the Long Island Railroad is rolling, and therefore 
eminently adapted to the game. 

Douglaston, on Little Neck Bay. One does not need to go 
farther for satisfactory sport. Here is the home of the Little Neck 
clam, as succulent a morsel as the Blue Point oyster. Little Neck 
Bay is just east of Willett's Point, which is a prominent national 

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military point. You may rest here for a time. An idle moment will 
be well repaid. Here is the great estate of W. P. Douglas. He 
has a lovely house upon his broad acres, and has made many 
improvements. 

Great Neck, of which Little Neck is a neighbor, is about fourteen 
miles from the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge. Here are many 
beautiful private residences overlooking the Sound. 

Here the country rises, and the bluffs make the spot picturesque. 
The summer home of ex-Mayor Grace attracts by its beauty at this 




ON THE SOUND SHORE, GREAT NECK. 

point, which he calls Graceland. From Great Neck a number of 
fine roads diverge to various places of interest. 

Manhasset, the next station, has traditions, too. Stout Miles 
Standish came so far, and with him a young Englishman named 
Davis. He was of fine statue and gentle birth, so there must have 
been some unusual attraction in the Indian girl who ensnared his 
heart. The story is as old as the region of which we speak. It has 
been told of other lovers in all climes, but it loses no interest because 
of the romantic surroundings here. The girl was loved by a young 
brave of the village, but she returned the affection of her white 
admirer, and sought to flee with him. He was faithful even unto 

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VIEWS AROUND PORT WASHINGTON. 



death, and when they were pursued, with his back against the great 
stone upon which is graven his name, fought gallantly until they 
slew him. Plucking the fatal arrow from the heart of her lover, the 
Indian girl took her own life, and they were buried where they 
fell. Rugged vines and great patches of moss are on the stone near 
where they rest, but their names, graven upon the rock, are yet to 
be deciphered, and the lovers of to-day who make of the spot a 
favorite trysting-place, repeat the ancient story with hushed voices, 
and find a tender inspiration in recalling it. 

The railroad was a few years ago extended from Great Neck, 
through Manhasset and out upon the cape four miles to Port Wash- 
ington. The completion of this line opened up a most delightful 
region, both to permanent residents and summer sojourners. Port 
Washington, the terminus of this division of the railroad is an ideal 
rural location, and "beautiful for situation." The hill-tops overlook 
the glistening Sound, with the quiet village nestling on its shore. 
The gentle waves rolling in from the Sound ripple with laughter as 
they break against the beach. The roads are macadamized and well 
kept. From Port Washington to Sands Point Lighthouse is a most 
delightful trip. High trees overhang the roads and form charming 
avenues, giving a quiet and a restfulness not surpassed by any point 
on the island. 

The whole country is rich and fertile ; well tilled and cultivated 
farms and heavy timber lands abound on every hand. 

Forty-eight minutes from the traffic of Broadway, from the 
ceaseless roar and the thunder of the city that never sleeps, is the 
restful quiet of the bird, the tree, and the flower, the peace of the 
sunlit water, and the ozone of the country air — a whole summer of 
the wheel and the camera giving rural delights that ofTer constant 
variety and change. 

Port Washington is as quaint and curious as any settlement on 
Long Island. The entire region through which the North Side 
Division passes will well repay exploration for those who have never 
known of it. 



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JAMAICA TO OYSTER BAY 

'T was a fine business policy which developed the 
Long Island Railroad. For years a region as 
fertile as the bottom lands of Illinois lay upon the 
very threshold of the metropolis of this country 
neglected and almost unknown. Perhaps its very 
proximity to New York and Brooklyn was respon- 
sible for this neglect. Human nature is apt to overlook the bounties 
which heaven has given it, and ungratefully sigh for more. Rail- 
roads were for far countries. They were the means of travel to 
lands hitherto inaccessible. The farthest point upon Long Island 
was in reach of the stage-coach, and all the ships that had breasted 
the billows of the broad Atlantic had skirted its green shores. And 
so the moneys of the country sent the iron horse to Mexico and laid 
a thousand miles of track through the Mojave desert before the 
complete development of the enormous latent possibilities of Long 
Island by the steam highway had been brought about. 

Jamaica is the point at which the lines of this great highway 
diverge. And it is as though this little city feels its importance, and 
is swelling with a just pride. It has gained the recognition of adja- 
cent Brooklyn, and has become a part of its thrift and enterprise. 
Its stores are commodious. It has all the conveniences and luxuries. 
With schools, churches, academies, colleges, and factories, but it is 
essentially a residence town. One portion of Jamaica would espec- 
ially attract attention, for it presents as charming a section of archi- 
tectural beauty as can be found elsewhere in the East. The houses 
are more than costly— they make a better appeal to commendation ; 
they are handsome, and built in excellent taste. Their owners are 
in business in New York City, and their homes are more accessible 
to the stores and places of amusement about Twenty-third Street 
than are those of Yonkers, Larchmont, Mt. Vernon, or New Rochelle. 
No other town in the State affords better educational facilities than 
Jamaica. In addition to its several primary and grammar schools, 
it has a splendidly equipped High school. Its Normal and Training 
school for teachers is among the best of its kind in the country. 
Situated in a grove of natural forest trees on the crest of a long 

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ridge of hills, it overlooks the town and faces the ocean. Its alti- 
tude, its spacious lawns, well - lighted and well - ventilated rooms, 
afford healthful and helpful environs for good work. The members 
of the Faculty have been selected as specialists in their respective 
departments from those who have attained a high standard of 
scholarship and marked ability. 

As the Oyster Bay branch of the railroad leaves Mineola, nine 
miles east of Jamaica, the ascent is gradual, until at Sea Cliff the 
altitude is high above the level of Long Island Sound. All the way 
to Oyster Bay the route is through a charming country unequaled for 
romantic beauty. The stations along the route are Roslyn, North 
Roslyn, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Glen Cove, Nassau, Locust Valley, and 
Oyster Bay. 

When Roslyn is reached the region upon the left becomes more 
precipitous, and the elevation continues sharply until the summit at 
Sea Cliff is attained. From the point where the line diverges at 
Mineola to the south is slightly rolling country, and to the north the 
woodlands attain the dignity of a forest. But the entire prospect is 
one of verdure, forever green in its trappings of rural beauty. 




THE WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD, ROSLYN. 
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Roslyn is in a gentle valley with a situation peculiarly inviting to 
those in search of country comforts. To mention Roslyn and make 
no reference to William Cullen Br3-ant is a profanation in the eyes 
of its inhabitants. Here the venerable poet made his country home ; 
and here he gathered about him from time to time the friends of his 
guild, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John G. Whittier, Hamilton Mabie, 
and Dr. Abbott. Henry Ward Beecher was his guest, and from 
time to time in the cool of the summer evenings the sojourners at 
Roslyn have seen the national poet and the national preacher com- 
muning with nature along its shady roads. With Mr. Bryant it was 
a summer home of selection and not of necessity. Roslyn was the 
resort of his choice. His " Glossary of American Poetry " was com- 
piled here during his leisure hours, and here some of his best verse 
was written. 

Near at hand is Hempstead Harbor, a safe retreat for the sailing 
craft of the Sound. Behind the village is the highest point of 
ground on Long Island, from the summit of which a magnificent 
view is afforded for miles about. The waters of the Sound lie shim- 
mering like a summer sea directly beneath the eye, while the rolling 
country makes a panorama which is unexcelled. Continuing north 
Glen Head is reached, an attractive location situated a short distance 
from the harbor. Sea Cliff, beyond, is a resort which is growing 
rapidly in popularity among those acquainted with its advantages. 
Few people as yet have a conception of its beauties. It is a com- 
manding point standing like a sentinel against the sky, overlooking 
the sheltered bay, which is unequaled for its still-water bathing. 
The beach at the foot of the towering cliffs is a sandy strip upon 
which are built the bathhouses of the hotels. Pleasure craft are 
innumerable. The town is sheltered by a dense grove which crowns 
the summit of the bluff, and all about are lawns and flowers sur- 
rounding private cottages marking the presence of people of culture 
and refinement. There is music from the balconies in the evenings 
and the sound of the dance in the parlors of the summer hotels. 
Sea Cliff has become popular. 

From Sea Cliff many interesting points may be visited. One 
of these is the village of Glen Cove, a thrifty and progressive town. 
Adjacent to Glen Cove is the Pratt property, an estate of eight 
hundred acres, magnificently located, with a frontage on Long Island 
Sound. On the Pratt estate is the tomb of the late Charles Pratt, in 
his lifetime the most prominent personage identified with Glen Cove. 

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He ocated his country home upon the estate above referred to, and 
established a model educational school building for the town, which 
he designed to stand as his most enduring monument. He died before 
the realization of his hopes, but his sons carried out as a sacred injunc- 
tion the favorite design of his lifetime, and the building was dedi- 
cated with due solemnity on May 24, 1893. The institution main- 
tains an agricultural department which is operated upon a portion 
of the estate, and here the students are initiated into the best and 
latest researches of modern farming. Contiguous to the Pratt 
estate the veteran editor of the New York " Sun," recently deceased, 
laid out his magnificent estate, known as "Dana Island." This 




THE NASSAU GOLF CLUB GROUNDS. 

beautiful property is known far and wide, and the late Charles 
A. Dana lavished upon it a constant and unremitting care. It is as 
celebrated in the records of horticulture as the famous Shaw's 
Garden of St. Louis, and contains trees, plants and shrubs collected 
from every portion of the globe. Dull care and business were never 
allowed to enter this ideal spot. To Mr. Dana it was a happy valley 
of Rasselas. His last hours were spent here, and the estate is to be 
maintained in its integrity and beauty with the same reverent care 
as was lavished upon it by its lamented owner. This vicinity is 
close enough to the cities to be easily reached at all hours, and all 



should visit it. The train serv'ice is frequent, and many summer 
sojourners attend to the business of the office in New York all 
throiigh the summer season, and ever)' e^-ening find here a period of 
rest and recreation. The roads all about are excellent, and wheel- 
ing is unsurpassed. In addition to all the man)- and varied pleasures 
of the •vrater, here are alvi'a)-s social enjoyments of the most delight- 
ful kind, and golfing is one of the most popular pastimes. The 
Nassau Golf Qub Links are famous all over the golfing world. They 
extend from Nassau almost to Locust Valley, and their situation is 
superb, the \-iews being particularly far - reaching and varied. The 
Long Island Railroad runs special trains to and from New York and 
Brooklyn to accommodate players. 

The nest point of interest is Locust Valley, a place of admirable 
location. Numerous boarding-houses providing an excellent cuisine 
are located here. The views are fine, and a morning stroll at this 
point along the shores of the Sound will -well repay the visitor. The 
Connecticut outline is plainly discernible in the distance. There is 
no malaria nor mosquitoes. Here is located the Friends' Academy, 
justly celebrated for its thorough curriculum. Students come from 
near and far, and many a man of prominence owes his success in life 




A>' OLD HOMESTEAD AT EOCUST VAELE-i'. 



to the habits of earnest study acquired at this admirable school. It 
is more than a century old, and in the beginning was endowed by 
Gideon Frost, standing to-day a monument to his lofty public spirit. 
The surrounding country is one of the most fertile on Long Island. 
The roads hereabouts are well macadamized and kept in constant 
repair. They are a delight to cyclists, who speed over them as on 
a race-track. Here as elsewhere throughout this beautiful country 
will be found good fishing, hunting, and sailing. At Bayville, 
which is a short distance from Locust Valley, upon the water-front, 
is located the institution known as the "Downing Vacation 
House." It is an establishment for the benefit of working women, 
a beautiful expression of the charity of our public-spirited people. 
It is known rather for the good it has done than the appearance 
which it presents, and many a deserving woman remembers with 
heartfelt gratitude, a summer of delightful and healthful outing 
which it has afforded her. 

The terminus of this branch of the railroad is Oyster Bay. Its earli- 
est inhabitant, named it well, although for nearly four centuries he has 
slumbered with his fathers. It is a charming summer resort, much 
affected by a fashionable class from New York. Oyster Bay has a 
large number of splendid private cottages, and the place is at once 
striking and modern and quaint and antique. It is the center of 
fashion and wealth, and one of America's most attractive waterside 
resorts. Its position makes it a favorite place for pleasure craft, and 
here is found the home of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club The club- 
house is an imposing structure, splendidly situated at the very 
entrance of the bay. A green lawn, bisected with wide walks, slopes 
gently up to the broad verandas, which overlook the waters, and 
here, during the yachting season, may be found a goodly assemblage 
of fair women and brave men. Many a regatta takes place before its 
windows, and the view from its front is unsurpassed. Amongst its 
many other special features and particular advantages, Oyster Bay 
prides itself upon having within its borders the summer home of 
Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt. The village of Oyster Bay is, in 
every respect, an attractive one. At the period of the first settlement 
of this country this spot was much coveted by the English, but 
their efforts at colonization were frustrated by a determined resist- 
ance on the part of the Dutch, who were then in possession. In 
1653 a colony of persons from Sandwich, Mass., purchased from 
the Matinecock Indians, a tract of land which forms a portion of 



the present site, and established a settlement there. It is related 
by Prime, in his history of Long Island, that in 1672, when George 
Fox, the Quaker preacher, visited this country, he went to Oyster 
Bay to attend a "half-yearly meeting," and thrilled the audience 
there assembled with his earnest and rugged eloquence. From 
Oyster Bay ; as straight as the line of railroad between Moscow 
and St. Petersburg, runs "the great, broad highway leading down to 
Massapequa on the south side of Long Island, a run unequaled for 
cyclists, and many a good record has been made on this route." 
Amidst its many other pleasures Oyster Bay has kept fully abreast 
with the times and has established its own golf links, which are 
attractively laid out and very popular. 




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FROM HICKSVILLE TO PORT JEFFERSON AND 
WADING RIVER 

ucp^J^^^^^y^HE Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island 
^ Railroad runs through as delightful a country as 
^ can be found in any of the regions of summer 
W resort. This branch of the railroad leaves the 
|!w main line at Hicksville, and running north to 
^^^^^=^'*^*^^^*^^^-^ Syosset, continues a northeasterly course to 
Huntington, by way of Cold Spring Harbor. The topography of 
Long Island, as has been described before, is one of uplands and 
hills to the north, receding in a succession of undulating plains to 
the fertile farming lands of the south. The Port Jefferson branch of 
the railroad runs through the picturesque hills of the north amidst 
foliage, groves, and the environment of vine and flower which makes 
the entire vicinity a natural park of surpassing beauty. 

Cold Spring Harbor, the first point of interest, is a quaint and 
attractive village, situated upon a lovely bay of the same name, which 
is one of the noblest estuaries of the Sound. The surroundings are 
as charming as those of the Lake of Como. The shores at times 
are wide lawns of velvet, sloping gradually back into broad parks of 
green to an elevation overlooking the waters for many miles. 

Excellent conveyances may be found at the station at all times 
to carry the traveler to the village, at which he may pass an entire 
summer with an interest which will endure to the end. The ride 
itself is a splendid introduction to the country. The roadway is an 
arcade of green, the tops of the trees meeting in a bower above the 
highway. To the left are three lakes, and here the State has located 
one of its principal fish hatcheries, the product of which reaches 
many millions a year, and serves to bountifully replenish the waters 
of the Sound and vicinity with a constantly increasing store of the 
finny tribes. 

At Cold Spring Harbor the Brooklyn Biological Laboratory has 
established a summer course of study, and many eminent scholars 
lecture there on appropriate subjects. Students from the best fami- 
lies of the State attend in large numbers, making of this antique village 
a modern college town. Like many of the venerable seaports of Long 



Island, Cold Spring Harbor was once the seat of an extensive oil 
industry. Scores of arctic whalers were fitted out at this point for 
their perilous voyages to the north, and among the inhabitants of the 
village are yet to be found numbers of old salts, those rugged and 
hardy characters of the Eastern shipping population which made the 
American seaman typical the world over. 

From Cold Spring Harbor to Huntington is a brief journey. 
Huntington is one of the most important towns upon this branch of 
the railroad, and here the summer sojourner may procure for himself 
the more pretentious comforts of an outing in addition to the usual 
accompaniments of a summer stay in the country. Well-equipped 
stores supply all the auxiliaries of the hunt, the fishing excursion, 
the sailing party, and cycling tour. There are comfortable hotels 
and fine boarding-houses also, while the surroundings bear sub- 
stantial evidence of thrift and progress. Handsome private cottages 
abound in this vicinity, and a number of prominent people have 
established a summer colony here. In order to better accommodate 
these cottagers and the citizens, the Long Island Railroad operates 
an electric car line from the station to the further end of the village, 
which is a very great acquisition. 

At Huntington the patriotic citizens have reared a memorial to 
commemorate one of the most eventful and pathetic incidents of our 
history. A massive stone, appropriately carved, tells the tragic 
story of Nathan Hale, the youthful martyr to American patriotism. 
This young man, acting under the direct command of General 
Washington, penetrated, in disguise, the British lines for the purpose 
of procuring information for the Continental Army as to the move- 
ments and works of the British regulars. The duties of a spy were 
repugnant to his high spirit, but, with that faith which marked the 
character of so many of his associates in the trying times at the 
birth of this republic, he went to his duty and his death, with neither 
protest nor resentment. After he had accomplished his mission and 
was returning to the State of Connecticut to make his report, he was 
detected by the treachery of a Tory farmer and captured by the 
enemy. His fate was sealed. Taken to the City of New York, he 
was speedily hanged. He died with a fortitude that has made his 
name immortal in the annals of the country for which he sacrificed 
his life. One of the noblest sentiments of the famous American 
sculptor, MacMonnies, finds expression in the statue of bronze which 
was erected by the Sons of the American Revolution in the City 

90 



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of a historic site for their church, which was first erected in 1784. 
This is the successor of a building constructed in 171 5, and after- 
wards used by the English soldiers as a barracks and hospital, and 
abandoned by them upon their evacuation of the town. A number 
of New York and Brooklyn men have built handsome residences in 
this vicinity, and there are excellent roads upon which bicycling is 
very popular. 

Centreport, of which Greenlawn is the railroad station, is a 
place well situated for a summer stay. It is essentially a rural 
village, tucked away in one of the most picturesque portions of the 
hills. It is an ideal spot for the hunter and the angler. Good 
boarding-houses abound^ and rates are very reasonable. 




AT NORTHPORT. 



Beyond is Northport, beautifully situated upon a body of water 
which is a portion of Huntington Bay. It is a safe harbor, in which, 
in former times, many vessels of importance were constructed. 
To-day it is an enterprising, active place of considerable commercial 
importance. One of its chief industries is the Edward Thompson 
Publishing Co., one of the largest law publishing houses in the 
United States, employing several hundred people. 

Kings Park, the station beyond Northport, is a place where Dr. 
Muhlenburg established, a number of years ago, the institutions which 

93 



have been since associated with his name. It is known more famil- 
iarly in New York under the name of St. Johnland. The climate in 
summer at this point is unsurpassed for health and bracing vigor. 
This region has many thrifty and prosperous farmers and a substantial 
rural population of an intelligent and progressive character. The 
hilly nature of the country is simply enchanting. Magnificent 
views for miles around may be obtained, and on clear days the 
distant shores of Connecticut are in full view. 

Smithtown is the site of the homestead of Theodore Smith, of 
anti-revolutionary fame. Near here the Brooklyn Gun Club pur- 
chased a large tract of land, and close at hand are two trout ponds 
of some twelve acres in extent. Here also are the Rassapaque and 




NEAR KING S PARK. 



Wyandanch clubhouses. They are erected upon the Nissequogue 
River, and are two of the best-appointed clubhouses along the shores 
of the Sound. 

St. James is fortunate in its situation. The Long Island Sound 
with all its beauty of an inland lake lazily ebbs and flows at the foot 
of this pretty village. Many summer residences, costly and attract- 
ive, have been erected here within the past few years. The Sound 
affords ample boating and bathing facilities, and the golf links are a 

94 



never-ending source of pleasure. 
The entire district is composed 
of high and beautifully 
rolling land. 

Stony Brook is the 
next station reached. 
For rural beauty, for 





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picturesque surroundings, for ample facilities for a summer's enjoy- 
ment, Stony Brook has no peer. Situated on high, rolling land, it 
affords numerous opportunities for pleasures of a most varied nature. 
Heavy woodlands, beautiful groves, wide and well - kept roads are 
only a few of the many "means to an end." The charming Long 
Island Sound gently ebbs and flows at the foot of the hill, glistening 
in the sunlight and bearing across its bosom the ozone fresh from 
the ocean. Boating, bathing and fishing may be fully enjoyed, and 
the only shadow of regret which passes over the pleasure-seeker is 
that the days are too short, for were they twice as long the time 
could be enjoyably spent. 

The country traversed by the Long Island Railroad has few 
prettier points than that which surrounds Setauket. This village is 
well beyond the evidences of the city, being fifty-five miles from the 
Hudson River. The country changes somewhat in character here, 
being a suecjession of hills and dales, but the highways are at all 
times excellent. 



95 



Port Jefferson, the next station beyond Setauket, is an impor- 
tant place, long known for its shipyards. They are still maintained, 
and numerous crafts are here repaired and fitted out for their voy- 
ages in the coast trade. Port Jefferson was an admirable vantage 
point during the Revolutionary War, and here was fitted out a 
vessel upon which Paul Jones achieved a portion of his reputation. 
Captain Kidd rendezvoused at Port Jefferson, and at this point 
killed two English officers of the frigate "Nahant." The harbor of 
Port Jefferson is one of the safest on the Sound, and its shores are 
delightfully attractive for summer bathing. The village has good 
hotels and boarding-houses, and yachts are for hire at reasonable 
prices during the summer months. 

Sailing parties often go from Port Jefferson for an extended 
tour along the New England shores, stopping at various points of 
interest. A steamer plys between this place and Bridgeport, Conn., 
which is directly across Long Island Sound. From Port Jefferson 
the railroad passes through the attractive rural villages of Rocky 
Point, Millers Place and Wardenclyffe, to Wading River, the 
terminus of this branch of the railroad. This whole section is high 
and healthy, and affords an infinite variety of beautiful water views. 




WADING RIVER. 



CONTENTS. 



MAP OF LONG ISLAND .... 
HOW TO REACH LONG ISLAND 
GOLFING ON LONG ISLAND 

LONG ISLAND 

SHORE RESORTS NEAR NEW YORK 

FROM PATCHOGUE TO SAG HARBOR AND MON- 

TAUK 

SUBURBAN TOWNS .... 

THE CENTRAL SECTION 

ALONG THE GREAT PECONIC BAY 

SHELTER ISLAND .... 

ALONG THE NORTH SHORE 

JAMAICA TO OYSTER BAY . 

FROM HICKSVILLE TO PORT JEFFERSON AND 

WADING RIVER 



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Amagansett 53 

Amityville 27 

Aquebogue 69 

Arverne 21 

Babylon 29 

Baldwin 26 

Bayport 36 

Bayshore 29 

Bayside T] 

Bayville 86 

Bellmore 27 

Bellport 39 

Blue Point 36 

Brentwood 66 

Bridgehampton.. . 48 

Brookhaven 39 

Calverton 67 

Cedarhurst 23 

Central Islip 66 

Central Park 65 

Centre Moriches.. 39 
Centreport 93 



PAGE 

Cold Spring Har- 
bor 88 

College Point. ... ']'] 

Corona f'j 

Creedmoor 60 

Cutchogue 70 

Dana Island 84 

Deer Park 66 

Douglaston ']^ 

Easthampton 51 

East Marion 72 

East Moriches. . . 39 

Eastport ... 41 

East Rockaway.. 25 

Edgemere 21 

Elmhurst 76 

Farmingdale 65 

Far Rockaway. . . 22 

Fire Island 31 

Flanders 68 

Floral Park 60 

Flushing ']'] 

97 



PAGE 

Fort Pond Bay.. 53 

Freeport 26 

Garden City 60 

Gardiner's Island. 75 

Glen Cove 83 

Glen Head 83 

Good Ground .... 42 

Great Neck ']% 

Greenlawn 93 

Greenport 72 

Hempstead 62 

Hewlett 24 

Hicksville 65 

Hollis . 59 

Holtsville 66 

Huntington, 90 

Hyde Park 64 

Interstate Park.. 59 

Islip 32 

Jamaica 81 

Jamesport 69 

King's Park 93 



CONTENTS -Continued. 



PAGE 

Laurel 70 

Lawrence 22 

Lindenhurst 29 

Little Neck ^^ 

Locust Valley 85 

Long Beach 24 

Long Island City. 5 

Lynbrook 24 

Manhasset 78 

Manhattan Beach 17 

Manor 67 

Massapequa 27 

Mastic 39 

Mattituck 70 

Medford 67 

Merrick 26 

Millers Place 96 

Mineola 64 

Montauk 53 

Montauk Point. . . 55 

Moriches 39 

Morris Park 58 

Nassau 85 

Newtown 76 

Northport 93 

North Roslyn 82 

Norwood 62 



PAGE 

Oakdale 34 

Oak Island Beach 29 

Orient 72 

Oyster Bay 86 

Patchogue 36 

Peconic 71 

Point o'Woods .. . 32 
Port Jefferson. ... 96 
Port Washing- 
ton 80 

Queens 60 

Quogue 42 

Richmond Hill. . . 58 

Riverhead . - 68 

Robins Island .... 75 

Rockville Centre. 25 

Rocky Point 96 

Ronkonkoma .... 66 

Rosedale 24 

Roslyn 83 

Sag Harbor 49 

Sands Point 80 

Sayville 35 

Sea Cliff 83 

Seaford 27 

Setauket 95 

Sheepshead Bay. . 21 



PAGE 

Shelter Island .... 73 

Shinnecock Hills. 43 

Smithtown 94 

Southampton .... 46 

Southold 71 

Speonk 41 

Springfield 24 

St. James 94 

St. Johnland 94 

Stony Brook . ... 95 

Syosset 88 

Valley Stream. ... 24 

Wading River. ... 96 

Wainscott 49 

Wantagh 27 

Wardenclyffe 96 

Watermill 47 

Westbury 64 

West Deer Park.. 66 

Westhampton. . . . 41 

Whitestone ^^ 

Willetts Point. . . tj 

Winfield 76 

Woodmere 24 

Woodside 76 

Yaphank 67 



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shortly be announced. 

Tfie Celebrated Gabler Pianos used at tlie Mollenhauer Conservatories are 
from ttie Warerooms of Goetz & Co-, 81-83 Court Street, Brooklyn. 



STICKNEY, CONYNGHAM & CO., 

....Shippers of.... 



flPRIICITE COAL BiTWPOS 



STOUT LEHIGH, FRANKLIN COAL OF LYKENS 
VALLEY, SUSQUEHANNA AND GAYLORD FREE 
BURNING WHITE ASH, CAMERON SHAMOKIN 
WILLIAM PENN HARD WHITE ASH, AND 
HICKORY RIDGE RED ASH 

Shipments to Long Island^ all rail, via Jersey City and Long Island Railroad 

....EASTERN AGENTS FOR.... 

American Coal Co.'s Georges Creek, Cumberland and Eureka 
Bituminous Coals 

Offices. No. I BROADWAY. NEW YORK 

BOSTON. 19 Congress Street PHILADELPHIA, Girard Trust Building 

Shipping Wharves: Greenwich, Pz*.., South Amboy, N. J. 

THEO. W. MORRIS & CO. 



ESTABLISHED 1837 






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sfe ^im sfc 



74-478 GREEKWICH ST. 
KKW^ YORK CITY 



ENGLISH i 

FRENCH \ SH 

AMERICAN ) 

POLISHED PLATE 

FRENCH AND 
GERMAN 



LOOKING 
GLASS PLATE 



RIBBED i FOR SKYLIGHTS 

AND \ AND 

ROUGH ) FLOORLIGHTS 






RIPPLED 

PATENT ONDOVANr 

MOSS 

ROLLED CATHEDRAL 

OPALESCENT 

1-4 ROUGH WIRE 

3-a ROUGH WIRE 

1-4 OPAL 

3-a OPAL 

PEERLESS 

AND THE CELEBRATED 

1-8 AND 3-1S PATENT 



COLONIAL 



IH- 



ESTABLISHED 1S36 



LoBDELL Car Wheel Co 



Capacity: 500 



Wilmington, Delaware, U. S. A. 

The Oldest Car Wheel Establishment in the Country wheels oer dav 

Manufacturers 
of 



CHILLED WHEELS 

Of is.ll descriptions, from 8 to 50 inches in Diak.meter, for Brod>.d 2v.nd 
Narrow Gauge Cek.rs, Engines, and Tenders 

L. J. BUCKLEY <& CO.. New York Agenty, 257 Broadway 



L. J. Buckley «& Co. 



L. J. Buckley 

M. M. RODGERS 



...Agencies... 

^obcioa Car W/iee/ 

Co. 

C/cvo/anei ^roff aneJ 

Crossing Co. 

'Detroit Sfee/ and 

Spring CoTnpany 

O/ioer yron cSc Sfce^ 

Co. 



Iron and Steel 
J{ciiJrO(id Supplies 



257 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 



THE BEAUTIFUL YUKON RANGE 




IN ALL SIZES, WITH AND WITHOIT 
RESERVOIRS. 



The Union Stove Works, 

70 Beekman Street Ar4D 

66 4, 68 Gold Street, N. Y. 

manufacturers of 

COOK STOVES ATSD RANGES, 

PARLOR STOVES, 

RAILROAD HEATING STOVES, 

LAUNDRY STOVES, BOAT STOVES, 

HOT AIR FURNACES. OIL STOVES 

AND A GREAT LINE OF 

Gas Stoves and Ranges. 



6recnUc, Slyatt ^ Co. 

Ship, Engine and Boiler Repairs 

LIGHT AND HEAVY FORGING 

497 and 499 Water Street J- 252 and 253 Sooth Street 
Telephone: 2 FRANKLIN NEW YORK 



WILLIAM BERKEFELD'S 

FOSSIL MEAL COMPOSITION 

The only genuine Fossil Meal. Best fire-proof, non-conducting covering for 
boilers and steam pipes. Easily applied. Can be used over and over again. 
Extensively used by the largest factories all over the United States. Boilers 
of tugs and ferryboats of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads are all 
covered with this composition. Send for circulars and estimates to 

FOSSIL MEAL COMPANY 

August GiesEvS: Sox. Proprietors 4 Cedar Street, New York 

-(jCitvtAlcoT"^ On request we will gladly furnish, free 

<<^<S^ _„ _ =^ =^_ 'Aj of charge, a sample package, suificient for 
2^ j^^^L.^;^]^^;^^^^ H^ a practical demonstration of the worth of 
1*^ -^y^'"~~^-~ I X--V\^t "^ Xonkoroda 

MW^ 'THE PNK01^0D^ C0. 

S 25 and 27 New Chambers St. 



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'Phone connections 



THE SftLT SEA • BREEZES OF LONG ISLAND 

Are good for health of people, but bad for paint and all exposed wooden struc- 
tures, unless they are protected by " Carbolineum. Aveaarius," the 
only weather-paint and wood-preservative that effcctically resists the weather 
for long periods of time. There is nothing equal to it for shingle roofs, build- 
ings, fences, posts, wharves, docks and boats of all kinds. The Long Island 
Railroad Company uses " Carbolilieillll Avenarilis" both on roadway 
and ferryboats. For further information and prices 

. . applv to . . 

CARBOLINEUM WOOD-PHESERVIITG GO. 

C. S. McHINNSY. :-:ana?er. 17 Park Eo^-. NSW YOEK. N. Y. 



JOHN A. MEAD MFG. CO. ;],^- ytrc^- , 

COA L HANDLING MACHINERY 

CABLE RAILWAYS. AUTOMATIC RAIL- 
WAYS. McCASLIN OVERLAPPING GRAV- 
ITY BUCKET CONVEYOR. HARRISON 
CON\^YOR. CLAM SHELL BUCKETS, Etc 

Send for Catalosue 




ESTABLISHED 1876 TRADE-MARK, "IMPERIAL" 

IMPERIAL CHEMICAL COMPANY 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Boikr Compounds IVu'JsZTbo!L 

Please mail us specimen of your Boiler Scale, which we will analyze for 
you FREE OF CHARGE, and prepare a compound for your special use. 

In use by this Company for tlie last ten years. 

Office and Laboratory: 514 AMERICAN ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
HENRY C. NEWHOUSE, Manager. 

We Made T^ * t Before you were Born .j« 
=^^^= 1 3.int Best in 1848 ^ Best Now 

TOCH BROTHERS^ 



468-470-472 West Broadway, New York 

Try out R. I. W. Damprcsting: Paint — ^a wonderful material 

Used by the L, I. % % 



Refitting ^ouv Boat? 

Use AMYLINE to Remove 
Old Paint and Varnish ! ^ 



"'"'^ ^"^'^ 4» (Ibe Mileon Company?, 



"Cells 13ou 



about -fit «^«^ 1 , Broadway, jHcw Y'^rk. 

. Used and endorsed by Long Island Railroad ♦ . . 



Johnston & Oswald 
— J^AIMTS — 



.agents for... 



sterling White Lead 
Lawrence's Pure Colors & Ready Mixed Paints 

Whiting's Celebrated Brushes 
178 Fulton Street, - - - NEW YORK 



Wm. Sellers Cf Co. •"^'^•'^'■">- 



Pa. 

(Incorporated) 

The Improved Self-Acting 
Injector for Locomotives 



M 



ODERN TOOl ^ Shafting 
ACHINE *^^*^>J Turntables 



Correspondence Invited 



lroaSteel,N9ils,CiAains,etc 



PULLER BROTHERS & CO. 

139 Greenwich Street NEW YORK 



Joseph NcGee round ry Co. 

CASTINGS ^^ MACHINE WORK 

C::^ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ^^ 

Ki to 67 Sixth Street, 

FRED'K RUSSELL, Manager, ^ ' 

Telephone. No. 3 Greenpoint. LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 

WHITE, VAN GLAHN & CO. 

B^rdwan, Cutlery and tools - = = - 

J^aiJway and Tactcry Supplies 
Builders' B^fdware, Dumbwaiters, Elevators 



NEW^ YORK 



Downtown— 15, 16, 17 CHATHAM SQUARE 
Uptown— 49 EAST FORTY-SECOND STREET 



Wm, P, Youngs & Bros. 

,„Xhom Grades of.,., 

MAHOGANY, HARD- 
WOODS AND PINE 

First Avenue and 35th Street ( 1992 Madison Square 

NEW YORK CITY Telephones-, 32S Madison Square 

( 739 i8th Street 



The ^^ Star ^^ Ventilator 

matar' Spanish' tiks 
and ''Gothic'' Shingles 

We supply these Ventilators and Tiles 
for Railroad Depots, Cottages, Hotels 
and all kinds of buildings. These are 
fully illustrated m separate pamphlets mailed free upon application. 

"""""new YORK PIEBCHIINT 4 CO., I|C., ™bROOKXYN 




COONEY, ECKSTEIN & CO. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Yellozu Pine Lumber and Railroad T'tes 

66 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK 
BRANCH OFFICES 

SAVANNAH, GA. BRUNSWICK, GA. FERNANDINA, FLA. 

4 Bay Street Howe and Bay Streets Foot of Ash Street 



Roofing Tin Bright Tin 

Galvanized Sheets— Plain and Corrugated 

Block Sheet Iron 

Zinc, Solder, Copper, Wire, Etc. 

Tinners' Tools and Machines 

BRUCE 6 COOK.'^r/ste'e;: New York City 



|__j/^\ /T^ SHORT LAP ^ OAK TANNCD 

nvJY I LEATHER BELTING 

IS THE BEST TOR ALL PURPOSES 

EAYERWEATHER & LADEW ,,a.r.re. 

159-165 C. Hcuston St. 135 E. Lake Sr. 226 rrciiAklin St. 

NEW YORK CHICAGO I3OST0M 

Telephone Call: 841 Spring 

JAS. TREGARTHEN. SON & CO. 



East River Dry Dock 



Shipwriglits, 
Caulkers and 
Spar Makers 



FOOT OF SEVENTH STREET, EAST RIVER, N. Y. 



NEW B ARGUS BUILT TO ORimH 

C HOLLER J. E. HA^VXHURST 

C. HOLLER & CO. 

Formerly with the Fairbanks Co. Twenty-five Years' Experience 

Dealers in and Repairers of all kinds of 

SCALES, HAND TRUCKS 
and LETTER PRESSES 
161 HUDSON STREET, 

NEAR LAIGHT STREET, 




Telephone : 

2312 Franklin. 



New York City 




We %>ould call specia.1 a.ttzntion of Architects and Builders' Supply Dealers to 

our full line of 

SHEATHING. ROOTING 

and DEAFENING PAPERS 

ALSO DEALERS IN 

Wrapping', Tissue, Cover, Manilla, Rope, Drawing Manillas and 

Hardware Papers, Glue and Sand Paper, Binders', Press, 

Straw, Trunk, Friction and Building Boards. 

C. B. HEWITT «& BROS., 48 Beekman St., New York 



^ standard Silica Cement Co. 

Cor. Maiden Lane & William St., New York 

Telephone: 3377 John 



SANDCEMENT 



The Perfected Economical Method of Using Cement 

The " Bloomer Wnte 

Twentieth ^ c a ior 

Century OftlCty Booklet 

Vehicle ^ ^(ATVl f^^l^t* " ^"^ Prices 

rhe LENGERT WAGON CO. 'i:rMT:L.r.. 

302-306 We^t 53d street, New York 

VOLLKOMMER & CO., Sole Agents for Brooklyn and Long Island, 

Broadway, Johnson and Union Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

James Shkwan, I Dock No. 1, 700 Tons- 

James Shewan, Jr. ^ ■,. ) Dock No. 2, 800 Tons 

Edwin A. Shewan capacities ; -; p^^j, j^^ ^^ ^^^^ -pQ„g 

' Dock No. 4, 2,500 Tons 

JAMES SHEWAN 6 SONS 

Shipivrighfs, Caulkers, Joiners, Etc. 

BalaDGB Dry Docks, Saw mills and Siyams 

Foot of Fourth St.. E.R. Me^in Office, Foot of Stanton St.. E.R. 

Telephone Call, 854 Spring. j^, f1/77/» VftTiK £3 Telephone Call, 738 Spring 



IF YOU f-f A MIT^ ^ ^ ^°^ BUSINESS 
NE£D 1 l/\tVi^ IL/OO or PLEASURE 



for any kind of Vehicle, or 2k.ny ev.rticle to use in the stable or carriage, we can 
furnish them to you in all qualities and quantities at low prices. Established 
87 years. 

WE MAKE OUR HARNESS 

R. S. LUQUEER <5? CO. incorporated 

67 Murray Street, New York 

Your Inspection \s Invited Telephone, 1932 Cortlandt 



THE 


WESTINGHOUSE 


AIR BRAKE 


ADOPTED BY ALL LEADING RAILROADS 


The Westinghouse Air Brake Co. 


PITTSBLRQH. PA. 



QdcndcU & jVIac Duffie -^ ^ -^ 

^ j^ j^ 26 Cortlandt Street, ]Vew Y'^^K ^- ^- ^♦ 

Electric and Steam Bailway Epipment and Supplies of every description 

Representing also The Falk Co. . Milwaukee, Wis. ; Rochester Car 

Wheel Works. Rochester, X. Y. ; Taunton Locomotive Mfg. , Co. . 

Taunton, Mass. ; Jerome Metallic Packing, Chicago; Bosley 

Weather Strip, Chicago, and others 

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO EXPORT TRADE SEND FOR CATALOGUE 

Cable Address; "Wenmac, Ne^ Tork. Code: Lieber's & Premier 



€^r^r%ll'nT!^T!^ IS UNEQUALED for 
OV/V/UtxIL<Il< CLEANING and POLISHING 

BrasSt Nickel^ Copper and Zinc 

Contains no Acids nor anytHng Put up in both LIQUID 

injurious to the most perfect metals AND PASTE . . . 




J. W. GRADY & CO. 

Send for Samples and Price-Lis: 503-507 West 36th St., NeW York 

J. F. COSGROVE . . . . 

Successor to B. COSGROVE <2? SONS 



Dealer in Second-Hand Barrels and Casks 
280 and 282 Front Street NEW YORK 



Telephone Connection 



Este^blished I837 



Titus. Wells O WiUets 

Commission Merchants and Dealers in 

Hay, Grain and Feed 

and dkU kindy of 

Cattle and Horse Food 




Elevator and Mill 284-286 FfOllt StfCCt, NcW YOfk 

Geo. m. Cobb, 3r. 

Successor to TUFTS & COKB 

Desks^ Partitions and Fixtures from 
Original Designs for Banks and Offices (S 

Labor-saving Office Devices, Letter 
and Document Filing Cabinets »^ 

44, 146 & 148 Nassau Street. -* Telephone 3511 Johir 

Jimwcan 1\ailW(i^ Supply Company 




Manufacturers of 

BAGGAGE. HOTEL AND 
TIME CHECKS, BADGES, 



«/ 



LiEDALS 



Uniform Caps^^l^ Buttons ^(N 



24 Park 
Place,,.. 
,„,l2ew York 



JOSEPH F. WEBBER 



Del. Lac. «& Western R. R. 

Long Island R. R. 

N. Y.. N. H. 6 H. R. R. 

Long Island News Co. 

N. Y.. N. H. t& H. Dra^wing 

Room and Parlor Car Service 

Hudson River Line 

Montauk S. B. Co. 

Columbia Institute 

H&milton Institute 

St. Matthews Academy 

Hamilton Club 

23d Regiment, Brooklyn 






65 FIFTH AVENUE 



Maker of Uniforms 
For 

Altma.n {■} Co. 

St. Dennis Hotel 

Grosvenor Hotel 

Fifth Ave. Hotel 

Long Beach Hotel 

Tampa Be..y Hotel 

Brevoort House 

Hotel Belleview, Fla. 

Thorley 

Fleischman 

N. Y. Police Department 

Holmes E. P. Co. 

Fred'k Southack (3 Co. 

Between 13th & 1-lth Sts. 
Telephone, 2709-18th St. 



Little Finger 



Does It. 



New model, free-running and auto- 
matic, and interchangeable. Winds 
by a spring, controlled by the little 
finger. Fish can never get any slack 
line, and therefore, when once 
hooked ''they're caught" 

SEND FOR CATALOGUE " S." 

YAWMAN & ERBE MFG. CO., 
ROCHESTER, N.Y. 





HOSE 

BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO 

Cheaper than Darknes 



The first cost of oof Lamps is not high, and 
burn kerosene (coal oil) which .s ch^P and 
Our No. 3 Street Lamp should be m . 

^"'our'^Setrch Lights wiU enable you to do 
work in barn, stible or cow shed comfc., 
in the liglit at a trifling expense. 

We ofer special prices on these Lamps < 
troduce. Catalogue Free. 

R, E, DIETZ CO. 

L^iaM Street, Nem York, 



The Long Island I 
road is Equippec 
with these 

W^kr Column 




'RANCHES MjLBs. 

^J'C^ .. 283.65 

393.38 
230.00 




BLOCK 

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